Intimate Integration

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Intimate Integration

A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship

History of the Americas Social and cultural history Indigenous peoples

Author: Allyson Stevenson

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Collection: Studies in Gender and History

Language: English

Published by: University of Toronto Press

Published on: 7th December 2020

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 352 pages

ISBN: 9781487511524


Privileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and Métis Project and the Indian Adoption Project. Allyson D. Stevenson argues that the integration of adopted Indian and Métis 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.

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