A series of recent legal and policy developments in Canada have potential to contribute to reconciliation efforts, particularly related to the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in child welfare systems. However, systematic collection, analysis, and synthesis of research knowledge—particularly, research that is locally grounded—on Indigenous child welfare involvement is notably missing from these efforts. With the aim of collating existing research knowledge on this topic, this scoping review of literature includes a broad swath of literature spanning decades (1973-2018) and countries with similar settler colonial histories (Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand). Our search yielded 881 unique research publications. There was an increase in the number of publications over time in all four countries and a trend toward more empirical literature than non-empirical literature. We found that a plurality of publications focused on programs and services (n = 191), and policy or legal (n = 168) themes. While our review highlights a large base of literature on Indigenous child welfare involvement, it also illustrates the limits of the academic literature in representing the knowledge and experience of Indigenous Peoples and the need for more comprehensive synthesis and broader dissemination of the research related to Indigenous child welfare. These limitations restrict the extent to which existing research can inform the meaningful development of Indigenous child welfare policy in Canada. Due to these gaps, we advocate sustained investment in efforts to synthesize diverse sources of knowledge, support for open source publications, and structural support for Indigenous control of knowledge collection and dissemination regarding policy development related to their communities.

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原住民社区儿童参与盎格鲁儿童福利系统的文献回顾：1973-2018

加拿大最近的一系列法律和政策发展可能有助于和解努力，特别是与土著儿童在儿童福利系统中的比例过高有关。然而，这些努力明显缺乏对研究知识的系统收集、分析和综合——特别是基于当地的研究——关于土著儿童福利参与的研究。为了整理有关该主题的现有研究知识，本次文献综述包括跨越数十年（1973-2018 年）和具有类似定居者殖民历史的国家（加拿大、美国、澳大利亚和新西兰）的广泛文献. 我们的搜索产生了 881 篇独特的研究出版物。随着时间的推移，所有四个国家的出版物数量都有所增加，而且实证文献多于非实证文献的趋势。我们发现有多个出版物侧重于项目和服务（n = 191）以及政策或法律（n = 168）主题。虽然我们的审查强调了关于土著儿童福利参与的大量文献，但它也说明了学术文献在代表土著人民的知识和经验方面的局限性，以及对与土著儿童相关的研究进行更全面的综合和更广泛传播的必要性福利。这些限制限制了现有研究可以为加拿大土著儿童福利政策的有意义发展提供信息的程度。由于这些差距，