Hi Ron and Spaw... Spaw you are right, however, at the time of the start of this post, the State was saying that they would not place her with a nomdic relitive. Now, they have forced settlement on a family member, and the family complied. I don't think that is a wonderful solution, but it is a compromise the family made. And, Ron, cultural isolates are a unique situation. Most American ethnic groups assimilate to a degree, the Amish, the Orthodox Jewish Community, Travellers are a small minority that maintain separate languages and isolation in the community for generations. So, if we say, took an Amish child and put her in an Jewish home, until the family got a teliphone in case they had to call a doctor for the child, we would see this case in a different light. Nomadism is as much a part of Traveller culture as simplisity is part of Amish culture.
Cheers Larry