Brenda Itta, Lloyd Alexander, Georgiana Lincoln, Nora Guinn, Titus Peter, Pat Aloya, Marie Haley and Matthew Titus speak at the Bush Justic Conference in Minto in June, 1974.
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Brenda Itta, Lloyd Alexander, Georgiana Lincoln, Nora Guinn, Titus Peter, Pat Aloya, Marie Haley and Matthew Titus speak at the Bush Justic Conference in Minto in June, 1974.
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Recorded in Minto, Alaska in June 1974. Broadcast by KUAC radio station in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1976.
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Brenda Itta talks about the state law that requires all children to attend school, having to send children out of the villages for their secondary education, affects on the family structure, problems when children return to the villages, the rich culture in Alaska, and human resource effects of sending children out of the villages. Lloyd Alexander talks about leaving his village for education, children returning to the villages and not respecting their families, and the practice of sending children away from their homes destroying the family. Georgiana Lincoln talks about adoption, caring for children within the family, and not being able to foster a Native child because of bureaucratic requirements. Judge Nora Guinn talks about adoption, Native people interested in adoption, and utilizing many resources for adoption. Father Titus Peter talks about keeping children with their biological parents instead of placing them with foster parents. Pat Aloha talks about not blaming bureaucracy and accountability. Marie Haley talks about leaving home at the age of fourteen for her education at Mt. Edgecumbe and returning to the village at the age of eighteen. Matthew Titus talks about outside influences on their children and experiences with his own adopted children.
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