Alberta Councial of Women's Shelters in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Building Relations Part 2: Stories from Community
Building Relationships Part 1: Lessons From Lewis
Circle Process
Foundations of Indigenous Worldviews
Indigenous Women in Indigenous Societies
Indigenous Women's Leadership
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Inquiry and Action
Treaty Relations: Spirit, Intent, and First Nations Perspectives
[In Coversation with Lewis Cardinal]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lewis Cardinal
[Tina Fox
Stephanie Harpe
Tracy Bear
Karen MacKenzie
Betty Letendre
Cora Voyageur
Ruth Scalp Lock]
Description
Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.
Investigate review into the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-week-old infant whose family was involved with Alberta's child intervention system.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 195-205
Description
Book review of 6 books:
Our Son, A Stranger by Marie Adams.
Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900 by Sarah Carter.
Trusteeship in Change: Toward Tribal Autonomy in Research Management by R. Clow and I. Sutton (Editors).
In the Shadow of Evil by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump by Gordon Reid.
Blessing For a Long Time: The Sacred Pole of the Omaha Tribe by Robin Ridington.
Shining Mountains Living Community Services: Project Number: 1397-AB
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Flora Kallies
Dolores Gadbois
Description
Description and evaluation of project designed to provide culturally-based therapeutic environment for families at risk for involvement with child protection services. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation Supplementary Survey, and key informant interviews with project team and selected community service providers.
Includes statistics for demographics, family, housing, language, education, employment, and income.
Data from the 2011 Census of Canada and the 2011 National Household Survey.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 34-44
Description
Discusses family enhancement approaches that combine traditional worldviews and western theories of child and family practice, and the benefits for workers, families, and Aboriginal communities.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
Presents the experiences of a psychologist and a social worker developing and piloting two culturally appropriate community based mental health programs for rural Aboriginal communities.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope For Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [82]-94
Description
Comments on areas for improvement in Canada's performance on Aboriginal child health and wellness focusing on CBPR as a meaningful and equitable research methodology.
Reports on multi-site data collected from families in Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba about their asthma and allergy experiences and pilot testing done on culturally appropriate support offered to children, youth and parents in those provinces.
[First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission]
Description
Focus is on families dealing with disabilities and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD). Highlights initiatives undertaken in Manitoba, the Yukon, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Labrador.
Families on the Move: Scrip and Stories of Migration
Métis Archaeology, Land, and Rights in Alberta
Métis Land: Rights & Scrip Conference
Métis Scrip and the Edmonton River Lot Inhabitants
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kisha Supernant
Alice Glaze
Leah Hrycun
Description
Three presentations: "Métis Archaeology, Land, and Rights in Alberta", "Families on the Move: Scrip and Stories of Migration", and "Métis Scrip and the Edmonton River Lot Inhabitants". Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:39:37.
Attempts to identify the 277 signatories to 1878 petition sent to the North West Territorial government which discussed issues such as reserve land, farming assistance, and games laws concerning buffalo hunting.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
Description
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
Study included engagement sessions in Treaty Six, Seven and Eight regions, literature review, and examination of primary data from Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve (AHSOR) and First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative (FNICCI) sites.
This documentary reflects on Kainai (Blood tribe) history, governance, survival, and living culture as it explores the repatriation of artifacts from Europeans.
Duration: 1:9:39.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 43-53
Description
Looks at a kinship care model that preserve the integrity and autonomy for First Nations, recognizing the importance of prior relationships between the child, caregiver and community, and is rooted in traditional connectedness.
Overview of current policies and practice in Alberta's kinship care program, highlighting what is working and recommendations for on going improvement.