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1. Lost Bird is the term used to describe native children who were lost to their families through either adoption into non-Native homes or through fostered care. Everyone has the right to know where they came from and what kind of people they come from. Native adoptees around the world need to be found and brought home. Here is a link to a special book about the first Lost Bird. If you would like to find out more about it, please click on the underlined text to go directly to our Barnes and Nobles Affliate link.

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   Here is a link to a list of Lost Bird resources I have put together on the Open Directory project. There are many more resources than these available offline–the majority of Native American tribes, organizations and programs do not have websites. One excellent organization I know of is the Lost Bird Society, a Lakota center dedicated to reuniting native families that have been broken: their address is Lost Bird Society, P.O. Box 952, Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770. If they cannot help you, they may at least be able to send you in a useful direction. Please do NOT bother these organizations and support groups with questions about your Indian great, great grandmother named Mary–these are resources specifically aimed at native children who were removed from their tribe during their own lifetime. If you are interested in the genealogy of your more distant Native American or Metis ancestors, please see our Native American Heritage section below.

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   I hope this may help you.

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