The nurse is caring for an Indigenous woman who describes having been taken away from her family and placed in a non-Indigenous home when she was a child.What is the term for this phenomenon?

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The Sixties Scoop was a phenomenon that continued into the 1990s,in which children were apprehended from reservations and Indigenous families on the slightest pretext in order to "save them from the effects of crushing poverty,unsanitary health conditions,poor housing and malnutrition" (Johnson,1983,p.23).Many of the children who were removed from their homes and placed with non-Indigenous families did not fare well.This phenomenon is not termed the Child Care Act,forced adoption,or the Protection Act.

The Nurse Is Caring for an Indigenous Woman Who Describes