# In the Best Interest of the Child

Narrated by Native American Will Sampson

Illustrates the trauma associated with insensitive use of state authority in placing Indian children in non-Indian foster homes. Documents the legal issues involved in Indian child welfare cases, noting the power of the Indian Child Welfare Act and the authority of tribal courts to carry out its provisions

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1981
- By: Samson, Will, Shenandoah Film Productions
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/inthebestinterestofthechild)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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