Research By FNRI
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Finding Their Way Home: The Reunification of First Nations Adoptees
Ashley L. Landers, Ph.D., Sharon M. Danes, Ph.D., and Sandy White Hawk, A.A.
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American Indian and White Adoptees: Are There Mental Health Differences?
Ashley L. Landers, Ph.D., Sharon M. Danes, Ph.D., Kate Ingalls-Maloney, M.A., and Sandy White Hawk, A.A.
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Finding Their Way Home: Factors Associated With Reunification For American Indian and White Adults
Ashley L. Landers, Ph.D., Sharon M. Danes, Ph.D., Jane Harstad D.Ed., Sandy White Hawk, A.A.
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Does Reunification Matter? Differences In The Social Connection To Tribe and Tribal Enrollment of American Indian Fostered and Adopted Adults
Ashley L. Landers, Ph.D., Amy A. Morgan, Ph.D., LMFT, Sharon M. Danes, and Sandy White Hawk, A.A.
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My Relatives Are Waiting: Barriers To Tribal Enrollment of Fostered/Adopted American Indians
Ashley L. Landers, Ph.D., Sharon M. Danes, Ph.D., Amy A. Morgan, Ph.D., Shamora Merritt, and Sandy White Hawk, A.A.
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Abuse After Abuse: The Recurrent Maltreatment of American Indian Children In Foster Care and Adoption
Ashley L. Landers, Ph.D., Sharon M. Danes, Ph.D., Avery R. Campbell, and Sandy White Hawk, A.A.
The Impact Of Our Research
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Legal Victory for Native Communities in Washington State Child Welfare Case
Elizabeth Amon
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Washington State Supreme Court Appeal Decision Opinion ft. Sandy White Hawk
Kate Fort
Researcher Information
Ashley L. Landers, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Family Science – Specialization in Couple and Family Therapy, University of Minnesota, 2016.
Ashley’s research includes projects that are created in partnership with the Indigenous community. The findings of her research have been used to achieve social change within the Indigenous community related to child removal, reunification, and adoption.
Kate Ingalls-Maloney, M.A.
M.A., Education, Learning, & Technology, St. Thomas University, Minnesota, 1999.
Adoptees Have Answers (AHA) Program Manager and Learning Technology Specialist, Minnesota Adoption Resource Network.
Sharon M. Danes, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Family Economics & Management, Iowa State University, 1986.
She currently is a Professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is also a Family Resource Management Extension Specialist for the University of Minnesota Extension Service.
Jane Harstad, D.Ed.
D.Ed., Educational Leadership & Administration studies, Professional Development Schools Diversity and Community Enhancement Committee American Indian Leadership Program, The Pennsylvania State University.
Director; Office of American Indian Education and Tribal Liaison for the Minnesota Department of Education
Sandy White Hawk, AA
Sandy has become a spokesperson on the issues of the adoption and the foster care system and how it has impacted First Nations People. She has traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Australia, Japan, and Alaska sharing her inspirational story of healing.
Amy A Morgan, Ph.D.
Ph.D, Marriage and Family Therapy Concentration, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2020.
Amy is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland College Park in the Couple’s and Family Therapy Masters Program within the School of Public Health.