{"product_id":"intimate-integration-9781487500641","title":"Intimate Integration","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivileging Indigenous voices and experiences, \u003ci\u003eIntimate Integration \u003c\/i\u003edocuments the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and Métis Project and the Indian Adoption Project. Allyson D. Stevenson argues that the integration of adopted Indian and Métis children mirrored the new direction in post-war Indian policy and welfare services. She illustrates how the removal of Indigenous children from their families and communities took on increasing political and social urgency, contributing to what we now call the Sixties Scoop.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking profound contributions to the history of settler colonialism in Canada, \u003ci\u003eIntimate\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIntegration \u003c\/i\u003esheds light on the complex reasons behind persistent social inequalities in child welfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue   Introduction   1. The Bleeding Heart of Settler Colonialism    Indigenous Legal Orders and the Indian Act  From wáhkôhtowin to Transracial Adoption    2. Adoptive Kinship and Belonging    Gender and Family Life in Cree Métis Saskatchewan  The Emergence of the Euro-Canadian Adoption Paradigm  Indigenous Adoption and Euro-Canadian Law    3. Rehabilitating the “Subnormal [Métis] Family” in Saskatchewan    4. The Green Lake Children’s Shelter Experiment: From Institutionalization to Integration in Saskatchewan    The Social Work Profession and the Rationalized Logics of Indigenous Child Removal in Saskatchewan    5. Post-War Liberal Citizenship and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship    The 1951 Indian Act Revisions and the rise of “Jurisdictional Disputes”    6. Child Welfare as System and Lived Experience    Adopting a Solution to the Indian Problem    7. Saskatchewan’s Indigenous Resurgence and the Restoration of Indigenous Kinship and Caring    8. Confronting Cultural Genocide in the 1980s   Conclusion: Intimate Indigenization    Epilogue: Coming Home    Bibliography    Primary Sources Interviews  Newspapers    Government Documents    Statues, Regulations, and Court Cases  Statutes of Canada  Saskatchewan Statues  Statutes of the United States  Archival Series  Printed Government Documents    Canada. Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Indian Affairs Branch. Annual Reports, 1950–1965    Printed Primary Sources  Secondary Sources  Websites","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409137148247,"sku":"9781487500641","price":46.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487500641.jpg?v=1730505575","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/intimate-integration-9781487500641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}