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- Title
Vibrations across a Continent: The 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act and the Politicization of First Nations Leaders in Saskatchewan.
- Authors
Stevenson, Allyson
- Abstract
The article discusses the impact of the U.S. Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 on the political, cultural, and legal discourses surrounding aboriginal children in Saskatchewan's child welfare system. Particular focus is given to debates over transracial adoption. According to the author, the ICWA provided First Nations leaders with a framework for their activism on child welfare jurisdiction. Details on the roles of gender and racial discrimination in child welfare policies and practices are presented. Other topics include the Canadian Indian Act of 1876, self-government movements among First Nations peoples, and the Saskatchewan activist group known as the Peyakowak Committee.
- Subjects
SASKATCHEWAN; CANADA; LEGAL status of Native American children; INDIAN Child Welfare Act of 1978 (U.S.); CHILD welfare; INTERRACIAL adoption; SEX discrimination; RACE discrimination; CANADA. Indian Act; TRIBAL sovereignty; HISTORY
- Publication
American Indian Quarterly, 2013, Vol 37, Issue 1/2, p218
- ISSN
0095-182X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5250/amerindiquar.37.1-2.0218