A Change of Residence: Government Schools and FosterHomes as Sites of Forced Aboriginal Assimilation – A Paper Designed to Provoke Thought and Systemic Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson
Bill Nelson
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, 2007, pp. 75-83
Description
Discusses similarities of two residential structures, government schools and foster homes, that have housed Aboriginal children when they were removed from their people. The paper is an attempt to influence child welfare practice in ways that would respect the integrity of family and Aboriginal communities.