Family Violence and Aboriginal Communities: Building Our Knowledge and Direction through Community Based Research and Community Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
L. Jane McMillan
Description
Study conducted over five years consulted with over 150 Mi'kmaq through interviews, focus groups, and community forums in order to develop strategies to address violence.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 371-383
Description
Examines the role of American Indian grandparents who assume custodial responsibility of providing sole care for their grandchildren and the stressors and rewards of providing that care.
Discusses the notion of cultural harm during the residential school era, which is defined as "the breakdown of the spiritual, moral, health and emotional fabric of Indigenous people."
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 282-295
Description
Argues that current interventions into child welfare are a continuation of past patriarchal attitudes and actions which in turn have produced unhealthy families and communities.
Tells the story of Peter Bryce, Chief Medical Office for the Department of Indian Affairs who reported health abuses and high death rates in Residential Schools as early as 1907, drawing attending to the overcrowding, poor sanitation and ventilation. Concludes with middle school children speaking about their feelings.
Duration 14:12.
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
A response to Brendan Nelson's apology to the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Australians criticizing him for ignoring Aboriginal concepts of the time and perpetuating the attitudes and discourses that led to the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families in the first place.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 104-125
Description
Looks at the experiences of Aboriginal adults with the child welfare system and their concerns about the system. Also discussed are the effects that residential schools had on their parenting skills.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 56-65
Description
Reviews the history of residential schools, other institutions, Goffman's notion of Total Institution and the consequences these institutions have had on Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 15 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Esquimalt Reserve Longhouse, British Columbia. This sitting of the Commission contains a variety of presentations related to various issues such as residential schools, the Indian Act, self-government, youth athletics, education and economic development. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 51-88
Description
Uses example of schools in British Columbia to illustrate that while children's health education was used as a method of assimilation, children were undernourished and conditions were unsanitary encouraging the spread of disease.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-17
Description
Focus group discussions indicate level of trust is key in accepting social support in order to achieve better educational outcomes and Aboriginal well-being.
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.
Documentary about a landmark discrimination case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada against Indian and Northern Affairs Development Canada in 2007 about the treatment of First Nations children.
Duration: 2:42:53.
Index on Censorship , vol. 28, no. 4, 1999, pp. 54-64
Description
Discusses how the Canadian government inflicted damage on First Nations cultures by the suppression of language and learning, and the enforcement of schooling in "civilized" culture.