Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship

By Allyson Stevenson

Privileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and M tis Project and the Indian Adoption Project. Allyson D. Stevenson argues that the integration of adopted Indian and M tis 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."

Making profound contributions to the history of settler colonialism in Canada, Intimate Integration sheds light on the complex reasons behind persistent social inequalities in child welfare.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487500645
• ISBN13: 9781487500641
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher