Overview of laws and policies that led to the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes and the need for the ICWA (Indian Child Welfare Act), requirements and implementation in New York.
Primary focus of recommendations was education, both on and off-reserve. The youths had relocated from their home communities to Thunder Bay in order to complete high school.
Lists individual recommendations from the report and response/action plan for Ministry and Yorkton Tribal Council Child and Family Services.
Full Report.
Update.
nindibaajimomin: Creating And Sharing Digital Stories on the Legacy of Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oral History Centre
University of Winnipeg
Lisa Murdock
Description
Project developed in response to need for a forum for male children of survivors to tell their stories about the intergenerational effects of the schools.
See also: Guide 2, Guide 3, Guide 4,
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 69-70
Description
Looks at interviews with over 100 people working in the mining sector in the Yukon Territory and their spouses to understand how they manage shift cycles that come with work of this type.
He Tirohanga Ki Te ōritenga Hauora O Te Māori = A View on Māori Health Equity
E-Books
Author/Creator
Health Quality & Safety Commission [New Zealand]
Description
Examines inequities between the Māori and non-Māori population throughout five stages of the life course: maternity and birth, childhood, youth, adults, and older people.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, resources and various articles, including Aboriginal Suicide is Different by Colin Tatz.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors. Contains letters, pictures, and articles including Healing Within the Circle by Gloria Durnmitt.
Study concludes children born to teenage mothers are more likely to have dental problems, less likely to do well in school and more likely to fail a grade.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 206-217
Description
Describes the Hearing and Otitis Program (HOP) and model of service delivery, the role of the different contributors to the program, and proposed avenues to explore in order to maintain and enhance the community based aspects of the program.
Presents Angela White from the Indian Residential School Survivors' Society speaking on the history and impacts of residential schools.
Duration: 25:58.
Part 1.
Part 3.
Examines colonization of Canada, historical trauma, the criminal justice system and community healing programs.
Duration: 37:21.
Related material: Discussion Guide.
Where Am I Going to Go?: Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Brooke Mounsey
Jessica Tourand
Dana Brunanski
David Kirk … [et al.]
Description
Uses data collected as part of the 2014 BC Homeless & Street-Involved Youth Survey. Three types of analysis were done: descriptive data, compared Indigenous LGBTQ2S to their heterosexual Indigenous peers, and to non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S youth.
Honoring Jordan's Principle: Obstacles to Accessing Equitable Health and Social Services for First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs Living in Pinaymootang, Manitoba
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Luna Vives
Vandna Sinha
Eric Burnet
Lucyna Lach
Description
Findings from interviews with primary caregivers, local and regional service providers and First Nations leaders centred on funding disparities and uncertainties about sustained funding, difficulties in administration due to distribution of responsibilities between provincial and federal governments, and the travel required to access specialized services.
Authors conducted key informant interviews with people who had known five homeless individuals who had died within the previous three years to develop a "lifeline map" of the subject's experiences from childhood to death. Significant events such as family separation and apprehension by child welfare agencies, relationships, instances of violence, incarceration, and hospitalizations were tracked to gain a picture of their lives and insight into the events leading up to their deaths.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 299-335
Description
Traces women's political activities from the 1950s through the 1970s to the Splatsín te Secwépemc child welfare bylaw and Indian Child Caravan in 1980.
Body Image, vol. 11, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 318-327
Description
Women identified the following themes: accepting everything about your body; who you are and how you show it; connection to culture; being healthy; and being thankful to be Indigenous.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2019, p. Article 1
Description
Discusses outcomes of an seven-week participatory activity program for First Nations and Métis women and girls. Participants were given an opportunity to discuss the impact of trauma on adults' abilities to model healthy adult behaviours and life skills to their children; also considers ways to make positive change.
Comments on a gathering where community members shared stories, identified causes of disharmony in the community, and discussed ways to achieve their healing objectives.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 49-64
Description
Summarizes a study of the effectiveness of community-based, culturally relevant, sexual education in an Inuit community in Labrador. Researchers found that overall knowledge and attitude scores increased pre- to post-questionnaire as a result of the sexual health education presentation.
Presents Angela White, from the Indian Residential School Survivors' Society speaking on the history and impacts of residential schools.
Duration: 28:52
Part 1.
Part 2.