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Record 1 2016-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Peoples (General)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

The sixties scoop is a term that refers to the Canadian practice of fostering or adopting out First Nations children at high rates into non-indigenous families between the 1960s [and] the late 1980s. It has been estimated that 16,000 indigenous children were a part of the sixties scoop, who, as a result, experienced a loss of cultural identity, their families, histories, and status. The assimilationist practice was noted to have formally ended in the 1980s.

Key term(s)
  • 1960's scoop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peuples Autochtones (Généralités)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit autochtone
CONT

La rafle des années 60 [...] est une politique gouvernementale [canadienne] responsable de l'enlèvement de milliers d'enfants autochtones de leur famille pour les faire adopter par des familles [non autochtones] au Canada, et, à un moindre degré, aux États-Unis et en Europe, entre 1960 et 1980. Plus de 20,000 enfants auraient été touchés.

Spanish

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