Abuse
Engaging and Empowering Aboriginal Youth: A Toolkit For Service Providers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claire V. Crooks
Debbie Chiodo
Darren Thomas
Description
Presents information, strategies, and case studies to help guide facilitators, educators, community partners and researchers in adapting their programs when working with Aboriginal youth.
2nd edition.
Enshrined in Law: Legislative Justifications for the Removal of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Colonial and Post-Colonial Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shurlee Swain
Australian Historical Studies, vol. 47, no. 2, 2016, pp. 191-208
Description
"This article established commonalities as well as differences in both the arguments used to justify Indigenous and non-Indigenous child removal and the practices that evolved in the implementation of such legislation."
The Epidemiology of Maori Suicide in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Alternate Title
Psychology in the South Pacific: Global, Local and Glocal Applications
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Nicole M. Coupe
Description
Looks at the demographics and methods.
Chapter 4 from Psychology in the South Pacific: Global, Local and Glocal Applications edited by F. H. Bolitho, S. C. Carr and B. M. O'Reilly.
Equality Delayed is Equality Denied for Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon McIvor
Pamela Palmater
Shelagh Day
Canadian Women Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Summer-Fall, 2018, pp. 171-173
Description
An examination of the sexist ideology present in the Indian Act and its impact on missing and murdered Indigenous women.
"Equipped for Murder": The Paxton Boys and "The Spirit of Killing all Indians" in Pennsylvania, 1763-1764
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeremy Engels
Rhetoric & Public Affairs, vol. 8, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 355-381
Description
Looks at the justification for colonial violence against Native Americans when twenty-one Native Americans were brutally murdered.
Erdrich’s Crusade: Sexual Violence in The Round House
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Tharp
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 25-40
Description
Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
Estimating the Magnitude of Rape and Sexual Assault Against American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronet Bachman
Heather Zaykowkis
Christina Lanier
Margarita Poteyeva
Rachel Kallmyer
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 43, no. 2, August 2010, pp. 199-222
Description
Looks at review of research that has attempted to measure levels of rape and examines National Crime Victimization Survey for context of differences between ethnicities.
The Ethical Space of Engagement Between Indigenous Women and Girls of a Drum Circle and White, Settler Men of a Police Chorus: Implications for Policing Ideology, Policies, and Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Laurila
Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, vol. 17, no. 4, Lighthouse Point, 2020, pp. 51-71
Description
Reflects on a five year project to connect Indigenous females with white policemen through participation in a drum circle. The drum circle allowed dialogue between the two groups in hopes of creating understanding, healing and trust.
The Everyday Occurrence: Violence in the Lives of Girls Exploited through Prostitution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kendra Nixon
Leslie Tutty
Pamela Downe
Kelly Gorkoff
Jane Ursel
Violence Against Women, vol. 8, no. 9, 2002, pp. 1016-1043
Description
Reports the results of qualitative interviews with 47 women involved in prostitution.
Experiences of Sexual Violence and Relocation in the Lives of HIV Infected Canadian Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Iris McKeown
Sharon Reid
Pamela Orr
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 399-404
Description
Study findings reveal that a disproportionate number of individuals were subject to childhood sexual abuse.
Explaining Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Inequalities in Postseparation Violence Against Canadian Women: Application of a Structural Violence Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanette Somlak Pedersen
Lorraine Halinka Malcoe
Jane Pulkingham
Violence Against Women, vol. 19, no. 8, August 2013, pp. 1034-1058
Description
Uses the 2004 Canadian General Social Survey to interpret differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal postseparation violence. Highlights data on Aboriginal status and coercive control.
An Exploration of the Connection Between Child Sexual Abuse and Gambling in Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacinthe Dion
Delphine Collin-Vézina
Mireille De La Sablonnière
Marie-Pierre Philippe-Labbé
Tania Giffard
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], April 2010, pp. 174-189
Description
Reports on the few available studies examining the connection.
Exploring Alternate Specifications to Explain Agency-Level Effects in Placement Decisions Regarding Aboriginal Children: Further Analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: Part B
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Chabot
Barbara Fallon
Lil Tonmyr
Bruce MacLaurin
John Fluke
Cindy Blackstock
Child Abuse & Neglect, vol. 37, no. 1, Special Issue on Risk and Resilience in the Context of Child Maltreatment (Part 1), January 2013, pp. 61-76
Description
Examines influences on the decision to place a child in foster care at the end of a child maltreatment investigation.
The Familiar Face of Genocide: Internalized Oppression Among American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Poupart
Hypatia, vol. 18, no. 2, [Special Issue: Indigenous Women in the Americas], Spring, 2003, pp. 86-100
Description
Explores violence within American Indian communities as an outcome of years of violence from Euro-Americans directed at American Indian people.
Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, 2015
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marta Burczycka
Shana Conroy
Juristat, vol. 37, no. 1, February 16, 2017, pp. [1]-77
Description
Statistics from the General Social Survey, Incidence-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and its Trend Database, and the Homicide Survey.
Fear and Loathing in Lamanite Territory: Lessons From Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the Mormon Indian Placement Program and Beyond
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Snow
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Winter, 2018, pp. 1-26
Description
Discusses similarities and differences between Canada's residential schools and the practice of fostering out Native American children to Mormon homes.
Federal Court Tactics Abused the Abused
Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 22, no. 9, December 2004, p. 8
Description
Contends that the federal government's residential school Alternative Dispute Resolution process is inadequate and problematic to First Nations survivors.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Felt Theory: An Indigenous Feminist Approach to Affect and History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dian Million
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 24, no. 2, Native Feminism, Fall, 2009, pp. 53-76
Description
Explores the authors personal evolution as an indigenous feminist and the scholars that helped shape her journey.
Fighting Tradition: Changing the Norms of Gender Violence in Miskitu Society
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Hobson Herlihy
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 4, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 410-425
Description
Looks at gender violence against the Miskitu women which is linked to perceptions of love and marriage, economic state policies and customary laws.
Final Report: Strengthening the Circle to End Violence against Aboriginal Women
Alternate Title
Strengthening the Circle: Summit III to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women
Summit III to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women ; 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
Description
Comments on a summit held February 17-19, 2009 based on the need to address the high rates of violence perpetrated against Aboriginal women.
First National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control: Indigenous Workshop Report
Alternate Title
National Conference on Injury prevention and Control ; 1st, 1995
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, July/August 1995, pp. 20-21
Description
Very brief description of major issues and existing strategies, including substance abuse, stress through overcrowding, poor housing, and the effect of levels of mental health and social health. Concludes with recommendations.
First Nations and Métis Songs as Identity Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Neuenfeldt
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [201]-220
Description
Analyzes ethno-pop music and lyrics in relation to ethnic identity and experiences with Western colonialism.
Scroll down to page 202 to read article.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Presence in the Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Godlewska
John Rose
Laura Schaefli
Sheila Freake
Jennifer Massey
Race, Ethnicity and Education, vol. 20, no. 4, 2017, pp. 446-462
Description
"Article provides guidance to curriculum designers, textbook writers, teachers and administrators participating in the decolonization of education in Canada".
First Nations/Quebec Incidence Study of Child Maltreatment and Serious Behaviour Problems Investigated by Child Protection Services in 2019
Alternate Title
Report FN/QIS-2019
Author/Creator
Sonia Hélie
Description
Uses a weighted sample of 2,211 First Nations children and 34,575 non-Indigenous children extracted from administrative databases of institutions which provided child protection services.
First Nations, Residential Schools, and the Americanization of the Holocaust: Rewriting Indigenous History in the United States and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David MacDonald
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 40, no. 4, December 2007, pp. 995-1015
Description
Compares the Americanization of the Holocaust to the social, cultural, economic and psychological implications in the First Nations residential schools.
A First Nations Woman With Disabilities: “Listen To What I Am Saying!”
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Douglas Durst
Georgina Morin
Sharon Wall
Mary Bluechardt
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 57-77
Description
Looks at the life story of resistance and resiliency of a First Nations woman against multiple forms of oppression and her concern for the improved well-being of Aboriginal people with disabilities.