The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America Audiobook (Free)
- Peter Berkrot
- Dreamscape Media, LLC
- 2019-11-26
Summary:
On a wintertime morning in 1990, Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune. On the front page, a small girl gazed into the range, shedding a rip. The headline: Foster home children beaten-and nobody’s helping. Dorgan, who was simply dealing with American Indian tribes to secure resources, was distressed. He flew towards the Standing up Rock Indian Reservation to meet up with five-year-old Tamara and her grandfather. They truly became friends. After that she vanished. And he would search for about THE LADY in the Photo: THE REAL Story of a Native American Kid, Lost and Within America her for many years until they finally discovered each other again. This book is normally her story, from childhood for this, but it is also the story of the people and a nation. Several in three American Indian/Alaskan Native kids live in poverty. AI/AN children are disproportionately in foster care and awaiting adoption. Suicide among AI/AN youth ages 15 to 24 can be 2.5 times the national rate. How possess we allowed this to occur? As distressing a situation as it is certainly, this is also a tale of hope and resilience. Dorgan, who founded the Center for Local American Youth on the Aspen Institute, has worked tirelessly to create Native youth voices towards the forefront of policy discussions, engage Local youth in management and advocacy, and secure and share assets for Native youngsters.
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