Imaginary Passports or the Wealth of Obligations: Seeking the Limits of Adoption into Indigenous Societies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darcy Lindberg
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 326-332
Description
Examines the nuances of adoption into Aboriginal communities within the frameworks of Nêhiyaw (Cree) law, and wahkotowin (laws of kinship). Discusses how a lack of knowledge on the part of the adoptee can lead to appropriation and extraction of Indigenous knowledge.