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

• Main Author: Harris, Sonia Ruth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Indians of North America - Canada - Self-government; Indian children - Canada; Child welfare - Canada; British Columbia; Canada; Indian; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/6456

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...