Adoption & Foster Care

Discusses Andrew Leigh's meaning of adaptive leadership type for engaging in reconciliation.

Bibliography with a concentration on developing practices which meet the needs of Aboriginal children, parents, and communities. Each source is accompanied by a brief description of concept and content.

Submission to Standing Committee on the Status of Women.

Chapter 3 from: Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices from the Prairies edited by Ivan Brown, Ferzana Chaze, Don Fuchs, Jean Lafrance, Sharon McKay and Shelley Thomas Prokop.

[Social and Emotional Wellbeing] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2016.

Discusses how Indigenous authors narrate personal experiences to document the removal of Aboriginal children from their parents.

A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.

Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1999.

Examines the practice of placing Aboriginal children with non-Aboriginal families and argues that this is part of a long-term policy of assimilation.

Argues that healing is a critical component of any intervention. The article also gives a short history of residential school trauma and recent government initiatives aimed at preserving traditional Aboriginal healing practices.

Pamela Croft reflects on how telling her story of being forcibly removed from her family impacted her artwork and life.

Reviews the circumstances surrounding the death of a seventeen year old boy in a kinship care placement.

Looks at federal and state policies, social work practices, racial and class ideologies and links to wide spread adoptions.

Discusses the government's ongoing failure to address the wrong perpetuated against victims of removal policies and its commitment to reconciliation.

Reports on areas in need of improved services: early support and early intervention programing for Aboriginal children; supports for a child-centered approach; and staff training in intercultural understanding.

Reviewed random sample of 69 files. Covers period between April 2010 and December 2013.

Review was triggered when a fourteen year girl from Little Grand Rapids First Nation hung herself in a garage in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was in the care of the Agency, which had placed her in the city. Both service delivery and operations were examined.

English Language and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Masaryk University, 2009.

A collection of objects presents an Aboriginal approach to telling stories about the removal of Aboriginal children from their families.

An examination of Indigenous coerced sterilization, forced evacuations for pregnancies, and child apprehension in Saskatchewan.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017

Data for Indigenous and general population on: admissions to care; provincial CYIC (Children and Youth in Care) admissions; new Out-of-Care (OCO) / Agreements; and fatalities.

Reports that government policies and practices must leave individuals in a better state than before an intervention occurred.

Guide developed for child welfare workers, supervisors, administrators and other professionals working with urban welfare system.

Comments on attorneys and judges, outside of the tribal courts, who have a lack of knowledge or understanding of Indian culture.

Refers to the stolen generations in Australia.

"This chapter highlights the importance of not discarding our past but, rather, understanding the actions of social work pioneers within the context of their times and gaining appreciation for their accomplishments". Introduction and Chapter 1 from People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia edited by Leslie T. Foster and Brian Wharf.

Research supports the development of an Aboriginal perspective for the application of traditional models of attachment theory.

Discusses lasting effects on Australian Aboriginals who, as children, were taken away from their parents and the present day phenomenon of returning to one's Aboriginal family.

Focuses on the areas of system, community, organization, and practice. Each section includes key points and recommendations. Material presented as exhibit 42 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.

Reviews child welfare models in Canada, New Zealand and the USA., and reports issues relevant to delivery of child welfare services and juvenile justice issues.

Book reviews of: 2000 Years of Mayan Literature by Dennis Tedlock. Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick. Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples by Mark Dowie. Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation by Brice Obermeyer. Demons, Saints, & Patriots: Catholic Visions of Indian America through The Indian Sentinel (1902–1962) by Mark Clatterbuck.

Tribute to an adolescent who committed suicide after moving in and out of 28 foster homes. This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised. Duration: 29:10.

Looks at the traditional role of grandparents and options available for maintaining a connection when a grandchild is in the care of the Alberta Government. Duration: 21:20.

Looks at at the welfare of First Nations children and the continuing disproportionate levels of risks they face compared to non-Aboriginal children.

Looks at child adoption and unemployment programs and analyzes a western society agrarian rationale verses the Indigenous culture rationale based on hunting and gathering.

He tells a story of a woman who was taken prisoner and carried off to live in an enemy camp; her treachery against her brothers and husband when they came to rescue her; how she was killed by her own mother because of her treachery; her mother's atonement after the killing.

File contains a discussion paper by Gay Caswell, a former MLA and consultant with Caswell Consultants of Saskatoon. Caswell is "here to argue that a very appropriate place for Aboriginal self-government is in the area of social services, in particular child welfare protection." Following Caswell's presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with her.

The file contains an open forum presentation by Carol Hopkins. Hopkins, an Anishnabeh woman, discusses adoption issues, jurisdiction over children, and related issues.

The file contains an open forum presentation by Stephen Hall. Hall discusses his personal views on education, the James Bay Agreement, and cross-cultural adoption.