Harness to read essay on experiences at transracial adoptees

Press release

Susan Devan Harness, lecturer, writer and field director of the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University, will be reading her essay "Lifescapes and Landmines of American Indian Transracial Adoption: A Personal Story" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Vande Bogart Library on the Montana State University-Northern campus.

In the essay, Harness reflects upon her experiences growing up as an Indian child adopted into a Caucasian family. The essay is a forthright, challenging testimony to Harness' efforts at formation of self in an atmosphere of intercultural an...