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Intimate Integration

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

by (author) Allyson Stevenson

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2020
Category
General, Native American, Post-Confederation (1867-), Native American Studies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487500641
    Publish Date
    Dec 2020
    List Price
    $83.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487520458
    Publish Date
    Dec 2020
    List Price
    $38.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487511524
    Publish Date
    Dec 2020
    List Price
    $38.95

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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.

About the author

Allyson D. Stevenson is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Wilson Institute for Canadian History Book Award
  • Short-listed, Rasmussen & Co. Indigenous Peoples’ Writing Award Saskatchewan Book Awards
  • Short-listed, 2022 PROSE Award awarded by the American Association of Publishers

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