The road back from hell? : First Nations, self-government, and the universal goal of child protection in Canada

• Main Author: Harris, Sonia Ruth
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Allard Research Commons 2009
• Subjects: Indians of North America - Canada - Self-government; Indian children - Canada; Child welfare - Canada; British Columbia; Canada; Indian; First Nations
• Online Access: https://commons.allard.ubc.ca/theses/137; https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0077479

The Canadian child welfare system has increasingly found itself under attack for its treatment of First Nations children. The charge is made that it imposes a colonial regime on First Nations families which negates the importance of their cultural identity, and devalues their cultural practices and...