SOSC 3921 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Stolen Children, Sixties Scoop, Ethnocentrism
7 Dec 2016
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1960s-1980s: child welfare and children"s aid societies forcible remove thousands of indigenous (est. Based on assessment of indigenous parents as unfit: often due to ethnocentrism poverty. Told the parents that it was the best thing for the kids and that they would be looked after. The parents didn"t want to scare the children and tell them that they would be alone and away from them for a long time. Children didn"t understand why they were there: entire life started to change. Nicholas flood david reported - the aim of the education was aimed to destroy indian". Indigenous people died much higher rate that other villages, but this didn"t change the policies. When you tried to run away, you would be beaten severally. When they children returned, they couldn"t connect because they lost their language, and they lost their culture. Lost of culture, language, and taken away from family.
