INDIGST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sixties Scoop, Indian Act, Incident Response Team

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDIGST 1AA3
• Professor: All

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Lecture 10: child welfare (cid:862)i(cid:374) (cid:1005)9(cid:1009)(cid:1005), (cid:1006)9 a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)al (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) (cid:449)ere i(cid:374) pro(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ial (cid:272)are i(cid:374) british colu(cid:373)(cid:271)ia; (cid:1005)9(cid:1010)(cid:1008), that (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er was 1466. Aboriginal children, who had comprised only 1% of all children in care, came to make up just o(cid:448)er (cid:1007)(cid:1008)%(cid:863) Section 88, the indian act: allo(cid:449)ed fro(cid:373) ti(cid:373)e to ti(cid:373)e, pro(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ial jurisdi(cid:272)tio(cid:374) to apply to i(cid:374)dia(cid:374)"s o(cid:374) reser(cid:448)e, became legal for child agencies legally to apprehend children, resulted in the sixties scoop. The sixties scoop: led to in the 1960s, a child apprehension on reserve, many children were placed in white homes, homes in the us, and some were placed in residential schools. Groundbreaking report (cid:862)native childre(cid:374) a(cid:374)d the child welfare syste(cid:373) , 1983 patrick johnston (1983), federal department of social policy development entitled. Social workers: people would be placed on school busses, poverty is key to a justification of apprehension.