This article aims to share the point of view of young Aboriginals about their experience of youth protection and the effects of this care. The article draws on data collected as part of broader research on the judiciarization and advocacy of people living in poverty. The results highlight three types of care experience involving placement of Aboriginal youth: « Resistants » who experience placement as uprooting; « Resilients » who live the placement as an emancipation; the « Resigned » who live the placement as a detachment. These results show that the relationship of Aboriginal youth with their home environment during placement greatly influences how they experience youth care, the effects of caregiving and the way they look at it. This article proposes ways to improve the well-being of Aboriginal youth in care of youth protection.