Ethnic or Religious Identity Confused or Concealed, Racism
- Amo, Anton Wilhelm
- Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
- Baker, Josephine
- Bálint, Lea
- Black, Pauline
- Canadian Native Children
- Casals, Rosemary
- Choi Yong Sul
- Davidson, Tommy
- de Porres, Martin
- Dodson, Michael
- Dodson, Patrick
- Duleep Singh (under India - Princely States: 5)
- Eastman, Charles Alexander
- Faka'osilea, Lorris
- Grey Owl
- Haynes, Lemuel
- Jarvis, Zane Te Wiremu
- Kinder der Landstraße
- Lewis, Edmonia
- Long Lance, Buffalo Child
- Macarthur, Wally
- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
- Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
- Moriarty, John
- Mortara, Edgardo
- Moses
- Nazi Germany
- Perrott, Caroline
- Roach, Archie
- Schweig, Eric
- Shoah
- Sissay, Lemn
- Slaves
- Smith, Venture
- Stokes, Richard
- Tekakwitha, Kateri
- Vander-Kuyp, Kyle
- Walker, C.J.
- Wark, Betty
- Williams, Daniel Hale
- Wirt, William
- Wright, Richard Nathaniel
Dodson, Michael
Michael Dodson, brother of Patrick , was born in Katherine, Australia. His parents died in 1960 and he was sent to Monivae College, Hamilton, with his brother to be educated. He then stud... [more]
Dodson, Patrick
According to the account given in chapters 11-13 of Chatwin's The Songlines, Dodson (called Dan Flynn by Chatwin) was a foundling, left in a store at Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, by... [more]
Duleep Singh (under India - Princely States: 5)
Until the 19th century what is now India (like Europe) was a patchwork of over 650 princely states, like kingdoms, ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely... [more]
Eastman, Charles Alexander
Eastman (his maternal grandfather's surname) was born Ohiyesa, the last of five children. His mother died soon after he was born. In 1862, after the Minnesota Sioux uprising he escaped with... [more]
Faka'osilea, Lorris
Faka'osilea was born Lorris Bristow and given by her parents to her mother's childless sister and her husband to raise. She was brought up at Ngaruawahia, center of the Maori King Movement,... [more]
Grey Owl
Note there are several versions of almost everything written about Grey Owl; in the following entry I give alternatives separated by a "/" without any particular preference for wh... [more]
Haynes, Lemuel
Haynes was the illegitimate son of an African father and a middle-class white woman, born in Hartford, Connecticut. His parents abandoned him and he was indentured (a limited and temporary ... [more]
Jarvis, Zane Te Wiremu
Jarvis, who is a great-grandson of the Maori King Tawhiao (Potatau II), was born in a mother and baby home in Auckland and adopted by a European family when he was eight months old. An olde... [more]
Kinder der Landstraße
From 1926 to 1973 the Swiss child welfare foundation Pro Juventute (founded in 1912 and still functioning) promoted and carried out, with the active co-operation of the federal, cantonal, a... [more]
Lewis, Edmonia
Much is unknown or disputed about Lewis' early and late life. Sources give her year of birth as "sometime in the 1840s," "around 1843 to 1845," "the middle of the 1... [more]
