Intimate Integration
A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship
Published on 4. December 2020
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-4875-0064-1 (ISBN)
Description
Privileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and Metis Project and the Indian Adoption Project. Allyson D. Stevenson argues that the integration of adopted Indian and Metis children mirrored the new direction in post-war Indian policy and welfare services. She illustrates how the removal of Indigenous children from their families and communities took on increasing political and social urgency, contributing to what we now call the "Sixties Scoop."
Making profound contributions to the history of settler colonialism in Canada, Intimate Integration sheds light on the complex reasons behind persistent social inequalities in child welfare.
Making profound contributions to the history of settler colonialism in Canada, Intimate Integration sheds light on the complex reasons behind persistent social inequalities in child welfare.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
47 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-0064-1 (9781487500641)
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Person
Allyson D. Stevenson is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina.
Content
Prologue
Introduction
1. The Bleeding Heart of Settler Colonialism
Indigenous Legal Orders and the Indian Act
From wahkohtowin to Transracial Adoption
2. Adoptive Kinship and Belonging
Gender and Family Life in Cree Metis Saskatchewan
The Emergence of the Euro-Canadian Adoption Paradigm
Indigenous Adoption and Euro-Canadian Law
3. Rehabilitating the "Subnormal [Metis] Family" in Saskatchewan
4. The Green Lake Children's Shelter Experiment: From Institutionalization to Integration in Saskatchewan
The Social Work Profession and the Rationalized Logics of Indigenous Child Removal in Saskatchewan
5. Post-War Liberal Citizenship and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship
The 1951 Indian Act Revisions and the rise of "Jurisdictional Disputes"
6. Child Welfare as System and Lived Experience
Adopting a Solution to the Indian Problem
7. Saskatchewan's Indigenous Resurgence and the Restoration of Indigenous Kinship and Caring
8. Confronting Cultural Genocide in the 1980s
Conclusion: Intimate Indigenization
Epilogue: Coming Home
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Interviews
Newspapers
Government Documents
Statues, Regulations, and Court Cases
Statutes of Canada
Saskatchewan Statues
Statutes of the United States
Archival Series
Printed Government Documents
Canada. Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Indian Affairs Branch. Annual Reports, 1950-1965
Printed Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Websites
Introduction
1. The Bleeding Heart of Settler Colonialism
Indigenous Legal Orders and the Indian Act
From wahkohtowin to Transracial Adoption
2. Adoptive Kinship and Belonging
Gender and Family Life in Cree Metis Saskatchewan
The Emergence of the Euro-Canadian Adoption Paradigm
Indigenous Adoption and Euro-Canadian Law
3. Rehabilitating the "Subnormal [Metis] Family" in Saskatchewan
4. The Green Lake Children's Shelter Experiment: From Institutionalization to Integration in Saskatchewan
The Social Work Profession and the Rationalized Logics of Indigenous Child Removal in Saskatchewan
5. Post-War Liberal Citizenship and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship
The 1951 Indian Act Revisions and the rise of "Jurisdictional Disputes"
6. Child Welfare as System and Lived Experience
Adopting a Solution to the Indian Problem
7. Saskatchewan's Indigenous Resurgence and the Restoration of Indigenous Kinship and Caring
8. Confronting Cultural Genocide in the 1980s
Conclusion: Intimate Indigenization
Epilogue: Coming Home
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Interviews
Newspapers
Government Documents
Statues, Regulations, and Court Cases
Statutes of Canada
Saskatchewan Statues
Statutes of the United States
Archival Series
Printed Government Documents
Canada. Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Indian Affairs Branch. Annual Reports, 1950-1965
Printed Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Websites