INDG 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Matriarchy, Indian Act, Potlatch
10 Jan 2016
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Thomas king advocates for improvements to the child welfare system first nation in saskatchewan article form 25 yrs ago empower and strengthen indigenous young women and girls. 19 year old death during child welfare system indigenous girls. Story of page approaches of the state colonization. Global video/ documentary page - a young life discarded. 2009 an addict child welfare system drug dealing system failed this girl sleeps in a shelter. As young baby removed 3 times from mother"s" care. Mother was drug abuse and violence, crack cocaine. Molested by family friend father a drug abuser. Age 12 slept next to window of shelter vancouver physically sexually abused paige"s aunt said sje was lost. 17 different social workers kept moving back ot her mother age 19. Mom and daughter lived in shelter: social workers refused to go there put page in a suitcase - (bc no children allowed in disgusting hotel) she never got any attention invisible - a lost girl.
