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Lost Birds search for homes in a long memory tale
Linda and Laurent Hodges adopt Apache boy Andrew Hodges in 1970, becoming his Iowa family while his native ties fade. The 1990s apology and Indian Child Welfare Act reforms aimed to address the legacy of the Indian Adoption Project and the Lost Birds. Andrew, now in Phoenix, reflects on two families and a lasting connection to the reservation.
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Associated Press Bylas
Ariz
Social Services
Ames
Linda
Laurent Hodges
Southwest
Iowa Social Services
Arizona
Hodgeses
San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation
Hodges
Andrew
Middle America
Child Welfare League of America
The
League
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Adoption Project
U.S
Terry Cross
National Indian Child Welfare Association
Adoption Resource Exchange of North
Harvard
Iowa State
Iowa
Shay Bilchik
Child Welfare League
Cross
Indian Child Welfare Association
Andrew Hodges
San Carlos Apache Reservation
Leo
Regina
Mom
Phoenix
Regina Clendon
Bylas
San Carlos
Kristin Wolak
Katherine