Start Date

12-6-2011 9:30 AM

End Date

12-6-2011 12:00 PM

Subject Areas

North America, transnational, activism, children, family, gender, indigenous, motherhood, politics, race, reproduction, sexuality

Abstract

This paper situates transracial adoption of Aborignal children in Canada and the US in the context of political changes taking place.  The ICWA of 1978 represented a fundamental shift in nation-indigenous relations.  It will explore the imact of this legislation in Canada in the context of self-government activism in the 1980's,

Keywords

transracial adoption

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Vibrations Across a Continent: Saskatchewan's Review of The Family Act(1973), The 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, and Transracial Adoption

This paper situates transracial adoption of Aborignal children in Canada and the US in the context of political changes taking place.  The ICWA of 1978 represented a fundamental shift in nation-indigenous relations.  It will explore the imact of this legislation in Canada in the context of self-government activism in the 1980's,

 

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Allyson D. Stevenson