White mother to a dark race : settler colonialism, maternalism, and the removal of indigenous children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940 /

Jacobs, Margaret D., 1963-

White mother to a dark race : settler colonialism, maternalism, and the removal of indigenous children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940 / Margaret D. Jacobs. - 1 online resource (xxxii, 557 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-528) and index.

Gender and settler colonialism in the North American West and Australia -- Designing indigenous child removal policies -- The great white mother -- The practice of indigenous child removal -- Intimate betrayals -- Groomed to be useful -- Maternalism in the institutions -- Out of the frying pan -- Challenging indigenous child removal.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, indigenous communities in the United States and Australia suffered a common experience at the hands of state authorities: the removal of their children to institutions in the name of assimilating American Indians and protecting Aboriginal people. Although officially characterized as benevolent, these government policies often inflicted great trauma on indigenous families and ultimately served the settler nations' larger goals of consolidating control over indigenous peoples and their lands.

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Indigenous peoples--Cultural assimilation--United States.
Indigenous peoples--Cultural assimilation--Australia.
Stolen generations (Australia)
Indian children--Cultural assimilation--United States.
Children, Aboriginal Australian--Institutional care--Australia.
Indian children--Institutional care--United States.
Women, White.
Women social workers.
Autochtones--Acculturation--États-Unis.
Autochtones--Acculturation--Australie.
Générations volées (Australie)
Enfants indiens d'Amérique--Acculturation--États-Unis.
Enfants australiens (aborigènes)--Soins en institutions--Australie.
Enfants indiens d'Amérique--Soins en institutions--États-Unis.
Blanches.
Travailleuses sociales.
social workers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Children, Aboriginal Australian--Institutional care.
Indian children--Institutional care.
Indigenous peoples--Cultural assimilation.
Stolen generations (Australia)
Women social workers.
Women, White.


Australia.
United States.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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