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Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources Cornell University Law School. "25 U.S.

Code 1911 - Indian tribe jurisdiction over Indian child custody proceedings." Legal Information Institute. Cornell University, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. <http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/25/1911>. This website is a primary source, It is a copy of the Indian Child Welfare Act that the government enacted in 1978. "Dawes Act (1887)." Our Documents. National Archives, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=50>. This website is a primary source. It is a government online copy of the Dawes Act of 1887. I am using this in my project to relate back to the need for the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Mills, Pheobe A., et al. "Indian Child Welfare Glossary and Flowchart." National Indian Child Welfare Association. Ed. Craig Dorsay. NICWA, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. This website is a primary source. This is the act itself broken down like it appears in the Baby Girl v. Adoptive Parents case. It also is broken down for easy comprehension. Secondary Sources "Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl." US Supreme Court Media. OYEZ Project, Dec. 2012. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. <http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2012/2012_12_399>. This website is a website that follows the trial, and has audio sources such as a recording of one of the court hearings. I am using this website to research a case that involves the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.

Brewer, Suzette. "Supreme Court Takes on Indian Child Welfare Act in Baby Veronica Case." Indian Country Today Media Network. Ed. ICTMN. N.p., 16 Apr. 2013. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. <http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/16/supreme-court-takesindian-child-welfare-act-baby-veronica-case-148855>. This is an news article on the Baby Girl vs. Adoptive Parents I am researching. The main argument point in the case was the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, due to the fact that the child's father is of Native American heritage. I am tying this case back to the ICWA to help explain it and show how it has affected Native American and judicial history. Gage, Joan. "Lost Bird: Survivor of Wounded Knee, Betrayed by the White Man." A Rolling Crone. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2014. <http://arollingcrone.blogspot.com/2012/04/lostbird-survivor-of-wounded-knee.html>. This website was one I used to learn about Lost Bird and relate her situation to that of baby Veronica and analyze the effects of the court case Baby Girl vs. Adoptive Parents. This source is a secondary source. "Indian Adoption Project." The Adoption History Project. Department of History: University of Oregon, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/topics/IAP.html>. This source is a secondary source. It is a description of events such as the Indian Adoption Project that took place in the 1950-1960's. This helps explain as to why we as American's needed the Indian Child Welfare Act to protect the Native American children Jones, B.J. "TheIndian Child Welfare Act,The Need for a Separate Law." American Bar. American Bar Department, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.

<http://www.americanbar.org/newsletter/publications/gp_solo_magazine_home/gp_solo_ magazine_index/indianchildwelfareact.html>. This website is a source from a credible, well known author that breaks down The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and better explains the act. I am using this website to help myself understand and be able to summarize the act in order to be knowledgeable about my project.

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