The Genocide Continues: Population Control and the Sterilization of Indigenous Women graphic novels " Leah Altman was separated

" Leah Altman was separated from her birth family through placement by the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to be adopted and raised by a family in Portland

and what they mean to a particular group of people

Written by Wahpetunwan Dakota scholar and activist Waziyatawin of Pezihutazizi Otunwe

Nikki Grimes

The Genocide Continues: Population Control and the Sterilization of Indigenous Women graphic novels " Leah Altman was separatedIndigenous Peoples in Canada have experienced coerced sterilization under eugenics legislation since the 1930s, and the violence has never stopped, even though eugenics fell into disrepute. In The Genocide Continues, Karen Stote traces the historical, political, economic and policy context informing the coerced sterilization of Indigenous women from 1970 onward. She shows how a powerful idea paved the way for the expanded violations of Indigenous