The indigenous rights of indigenous children: Allyson Stevenson, ‘Child Welfare, Indigenous Children and Children’s Rights in Canada’, Direito e Práxis, 10, 2, 2019 pp. 1239-1260 | settler colonial studies blog

The indigenous rights of indigenous children: Allyson Stevenson, ‘Child Welfare, Indigenous Children and Children’s Rights in Canada’, Direito e Práxis, 10, 2, 2019 pp. 1239-1260

10Jun19

Abstract: In Canada, Indigenous children have been removed from their families and communities for residential schooling and for adoption and fostering by the state. These historic and ongoing policies have contributed to a general lack of awareness and respect for the rights of Indigenous children as children, as well as Indigenous rights bearers. This paper examines the ways in which historic Indigenous transracial adoption projects acted as a means of public education for ignorance, and argues there is an urgent need for increased public and academic attention to Indigenous children’s rights as both universal children’s rights and Indigenous rights.

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