I don't believe for a second that these people didn't know; in fact, I have read that they DID very well know, but I can't find the source for that at the moment. Either way, ignorance is not an excuse to break the law and never has been. Additionally, the parents have started a "Save Veronica" campaign, meaning that they think they have to SAVE THIS CHILD from being raised by her Cherokee relatives or another American Indian adoptive family - the people who SHOULD have been first in line to adopt, had the law actually been followed. They are also taking lots of help from the Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare, which is a group that is SKEEVY AS FUCK and basically is a rehash of the same old white Christian child-stealing bullshit that's been going on in this country for well over a century. These are people who believe that the best place for a child is ANYWHERE BUT A RESERVATION and that children should be removed at all costs.
These prospective adoptive parents are REALLY OBVIOUSLY not the kind of people who should be raising an American Indian child, whether or not you really think they ~didn't know~ they were breaking the law.
These prospective adoptive parents are REALLY OBVIOUSLY not the kind of people who should be raising an American Indian child, whether or not you really think they ~didn't know~ they were breaking the law.
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