Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 30-43
Description
Compares one child's experience of growing up in the Gitxsan/Witsuwit'en culture to that of a child adopted out of the community in terms of the cultural belief of rebirth of an Elder or relative in a baby.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 9-10
Description
Discusses the kinds of family counseling services provided: viewing a body and identification, postmortems, inquests and resulting information, guidance through the inquest, information about rights, and short, medium and long-term counseling.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 18-22
Description
Author reports on his family's resettlement to better opportunities in Bathurst, NSW, Australia which was aided greatly by the Family Resettlement Aboriginal Corporation (FRAC).
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, January 1, 1996, pp. 7-13
Description
Focuses on oral traditions within families and presents a story of a Dakota family's struggles during their removal following the 1862 United States Dakota Conflict in Minnesota.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 16-19
Description
Explains the symptoms and causes of the disease and how the extended Australian Aboriginal family unit is better equipped to support suffers of the disease.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 329-352
Description
Author uses their personal narrative and experience as a way to describe various elements of the different Indigenous spiritual practices in which they participate.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, September 1981, pp. 44-46
Description
Article investigates the family 'clan' system in northern Australia and the belief in 'payback' in which people believe that all misfortunes are a result of others wishing them harm.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 15-17
Description
Comments on decline in birth rate after the family planning clinic in Bourke, Australia which prior to this had one of the highest Aboriginal birthrates in the world.