Similar situations were used in Anchorage back then.  Native looking children given to a white family to get them onto the ANCSA rolls & water down the native populations within the organization, just for a start.  That native child never received anything unless it was from a second hand store, while all of the other children in the very same family received expensive Christmas gifts.  Their birthdays were never celebrated unless they baked their own cake & hosted their own party. They were treated like  unwanted leftovers from a wealthy Caucasian having a good time in politics. Sad, but true.