LibGuides: Indigenous Hub: Child Welfare and Family Law

Resources

Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance & Safety
Through this project, we aim to weave a basket of knowledge about child and caregiver nurturance and safety that holds and supports community. This work starts from that centre and moves out to reflect back a view of Coast Salish law in this context. This basket weaves together the lived experiences of Coast Salish children and families impacted by the child welfare system, this history of colonial violence within the Coast Salish world, and Coast Salish understandings of child and caregiver nurturance and safety through its stories and law.
Snuw’uy’ulhtst tu Quw’utsun Mustimuhw u’ tu Shhw’a’luqw’a’ i’ Smun’eem –“The Laws of the Cowichan People for Families and Children”
On November 24th, 2023 Cowichan Tribes Citizens passed the Snuw’uy’ulhtst tu Quw’utsun Mustimuhw u’ tu Shhw’a’luqw’a’ i’ Smun’eem –“The Laws of the Cowichan People for Families and Children”.

Bill C-92

Legislative Summary of Bill C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families
YellowHead Institute Special Report Series: Bill C-92 An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families.
Yellowhead Institute collaborated with legal scholars working in the area of Indigenous law to critically examine the Bill as it moved through committee and the Senate, eventually passing in June 2019. Here, we share two reports – Does Bill C-92 Make the Grade? which we released in in March 2019 and The Promise and Pitfalls of C-92, our most recent analysis of the final version of the act.
Bill C-92 Resources
A list of Bill C-92 resources compiled by the The Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge (University of Alberta

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations Child Welfare

Indigenous Child and Family Service Agencies & Societies

The South Island Indigenous Authority (SIIA)
Indigenous Child and Family Service Agencies List
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
Provide reconciliation-based public education, policy guidance, research, advocacy, and support to promote the safety and wellbeing of First Nations children, young people, families, communities and Nations.

Sixties Scoop

The "Sixties Scoop" refers to the period primarily from the 1950s through the 1980s, where Indigenous children were systematically removed from their families and communities by child welfare authorities. These children were then placed for adoption or in foster care with predominantly non-Indigenous families, often far from their cultural roots and communities, and sometimes even outside of Canada. The Sixties Scoop is recognized as a part of Canada's history of cultural genocide against Indigenous peoples, following the residential school system, and it’s devastating effects continue to be felt by Indigenous communities today.

Sixties Scoop
Indigenous Foundations resource created by UBC provides an overview of the Sixties Scoop
Sixties Scoop Network
The 60's Scoop Network, formerly known as the National Indigenous Survivors of Child Welfare Network, have created this platform to help survivors share their stories, visualize their geographical displacement and assist in finding family members and identifying resources. Using the 60's Scoop platform allows you to search for other survivors, share your own story and connect with others
Sixties Scoop Settlement
This is the official website dedicated to the Class Action Settlement Agreement between the Government of Canada and survivors of the Sixties Scoop.

Beyond the sixties scoop: reclaiming indigenous identity, reconnection to place, and reframing understandings of being indigenous by Wright Cardinal, Sarah
Call Number: Dissertation

Publication Date: 2018
Intimate Integration by Allyson Stevenson
Call Number: Electronic

ISBN: 9781487520458

Publication Date: 2020-12-04

Privileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents 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." Making profound contributions to the history of settler colonialism in Canada, IntimateIntegration sheds light on the complex reasons behind persistent social inequalities in child welfare.