American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 25, no. 2, 2018, pp. 20-53
Description
Compares American Indian and Alaska Native youth with non-AI/AN youth in terms of several psycho-social factors of disparity and resiliency. The authors make recommendations for interventions and further studies.
Highlights the Community Health Demonstration Program.
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Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 3-33
Description
Examines the character of arrangements and their impact among the signatories through analysis of agreements in three areas: policing, child welfare, and primary/secondary education.
It Takes All of Us to Enforce the Law: First Nations Child and Family Caring society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
[Sarah Clarke
Sébastien Grammond
Anne Levesque
David Taylor]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. [5]
Description
Links to a short film which examines the history and significance of a case in which the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Canada guilty of racial discrimination against First Nations Children. It Takes All of Us ...
Duration 26:16.
Editorial: Jordan's Principle Public Service Announcement in American Sign Language
Jordan's Principle Puts Children First!
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. [4]
Description
Links to a short video which provides information on a legal rule (named for Jordan River Anderson) which attempts to ensure that services are available to First Nations children when they are needed.
Duration: 1:57
ASL Video
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 1-29
Description
Article suggests that the goals of the Ursuline nuns in Québéc—conversion and assimilation of Indigenous girls in New France—is complicated by various factors including correspondence from the French crown, the convent’s relationship with Jesuit orders, and Indigenous resistance to assimilation.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 309-318
Description
Article interrogates the use of the terms “orphan” and “adoption” in contrast to traditional Fijian practices of kinship and caring for children; discusses the implications of colonial enforcement of these terms and systems on children and their status within their own communities.
Consists of an interview with Eliza Kneller where she describes the smallpox epidemic following World War I. She gives a description of basket making, an account of life in a Catholic school in Chicago and an account of New Year's celebrations amongst children.
Consists of an interview with Elmira McLeod where she gives general reminiscences about her childhood as well as recounting stories that she heard as a child.
Consists of an interview with a general discussion on superstitions, the use of nature to forecast weather and other general reminiscences of her life.
Consists of an interview where she discusses the abuses of the educational system when she was a child. She also gives an account of her experiences during the Second World War.
Looks at how funding changes affect expenditures, financial accountability, cost and quality of services provided for children in care, services being offered to help facilitate early family reunification, and issues arising from global funding.
Examining a Community-Based Theater Program as a Source of Resilience and Well-being among Indigenous Youth in Saskatoon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew R. Hatala
Description
Report on the Circle of Voices program at the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkābīwin Theatre. Includes discussion of program goals, explanation of research process and evaluation, and results and initial themes from interviews with eight youth participants.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 25, no. 3, 2018, pp. 1-25
Description
Multi-method study which explores intergenerational trauma and factors of resilience through a SOC framework. Results provide preliminary evidence that people with a higher SOC have more resistance resources and an increased ability to cope with stressors.
Discusses similarities and differences between Canada's residential schools and the practice of fostering out Native American children to Mormon homes.
Aboriginal Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 34-61
Description
Overview of trends, primarily between 1996 and 2011. Provides total rates and rates by age group, and data for population as a whole as well as individual groups. Sources include past censuses, National Household Survey, vital statistics, and the Indian register.
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Results of project showed that the Indigenous perspective was more wholistic than the mainstream and encompassed community safety, environment, beliefs, kinship patterns, social arrangements, and norms of individual, familial and social conduct. Includes case study of a project which failed to move forward because researchers refused to sign a Research Collaboration Agreement.
Related material: Ganohonyohk Tool.
Sport, Education and Society, vol. 23, no. 2, 2018, pp. 135-138
Description
Contends that broad-based health interventions should not be universally implemented across diverse locales but rather need to account for the diverse, place-specific priorities and needs of the communities they are serving.
Primary focus of recommendations was education. The seven youths had relocated to Thunder Bay from their home communities in order to complete high school.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 4-6
Description
Describes the use of the Weight-for-Height Wallchart which assists health workers with an easy way how to measure children's progress using visual cues.
Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of her working life, difficulties encountered with the Children's Aid Society and its role in the disruption of the nuclear family.