In 1978, right around the time ICWA was passed but before it was actually enacted, Jennifer Quinto was adopted from an Athabaskan family into a multicultural Lingít household in Juneau.
, “85% of those children were placed outside of their families and communities — even when fit and willing relatives were available.”nearly three times what is proportional and expectedBy the time Quinto came into the picture in 1978, the Quinto family’s Native identity had embodied all different representations.
Quinto shared that many adoptees fear and hide their differences — something she thinks should actually be celebrated. For all families who adopt children, she believes that there has to be support to help adoptees confront their identities and learn about their cultures. Now that she has a daughter, she is passing on her stories and lessons of becoming confident in her multidimensional identity.She tells her daughter that “we honor all of the people who have loved us.”
When her birth father heard that her birth mother’s funeral was happening, he drove 60 miles to the village and mailed Quinto a program from the services.
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