Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, p. 31
Description
Describes the inaugural National Sorry Day held in a suburban Sydney, Australia community. This event was held one year after the Bringing Them Home inquiry chronicled the Stolen Generation of child removed from Aboriginal families.
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2014, pp. 56-58
Description
Comments on how the Circle of Courage bridges together Indigenous and Western knowledge and provides a foundation for positive youth development in any culture.
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 7, no. 3, Fall, 1998, pp. 130-132
Description
Introduces the Native American Circle of Courage model and discusses the first principle. First issue in a series of four exploring the universal needs principles of children and youth for belonging, mastery, independence and generosity.
Study involved interviews and focus groups with 32 community members and front-line service providers both in Aboriginal organizations and government. Themes which emerged were health, parenting supports, mobility, and employment, as well as three overarching issues: service gaps and barriers, funding gaps, and impermanence of programs and funding.
indibaajimomin: The Intergenerational Digital Storytelling on the Legacy of Residential Schools
ininiwag dibaajimowag: First Nations Men’s Digital Stories on the Inter-generational Experiences of Residential Schools
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Oral History Centre
University of Winnipeg
Description
Website provides links to project and history, short videos on the legacy of residential schools, and a toolkit of guides and tutorials on the digital storytelling process.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Special Issue: Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 53-65
Description
Looks at project developed to help parents understand the importance of behaviours that promote attachment with their infants and children, and the traditional teachings that support these practices.
Nunavut Social Assistance Recipients by Community, Region and Territory, 2005 to 2013: Number of Recipients
Nunavut Social Assistance Recipients by Community, Region and Territory, 2005 to 2013: Percentage of Total Population
Nunavut Social Assistance Recipients by Community, Region and Territory, 2005-2006 to 2012-2013: Annual Percentage Change
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical table of assistance to meet minimum standard of living.
Source: Income Support Division, Department of Family Services, Government of Nunavut.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 457-468
Description
Author draws on different interviews he has conducted with Diné (Navajo) to discuss metaphors used by elders to make traditional values accessible to contemporary youth.
General statistics and well as more detailed for language, living arrangements of children, housing and mobility, educational attainment, and labour force.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Presents a speech by a holocaust survivor.
Duration: 15:11.
Study interviews engaged and non-engaged parents, teachers, and school administrators from six Saskatchewan high schools as well as national and international administrators. Concludes with recommendations.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, July/August 1998, pp. 4-6
Description
Study of 200 Indigenous women aged 18 and over in Western Australia revealed a smoking rate of 49% compared with 28% of the total Australian population.
Project consisted of analysis of print media coverage and interviews. Five topics came to the forefront: leadership, mothering, families and transitioning out of sex work, ethical and effective service, and the media.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 181-202
Description
Article examines the different structures and ways of being expressed by bi-racial or multi-racial communities in 19th century North America, considers some of the mainstream/anglo responses to these peoples and communities.
CFCA (Child Family Community Australia) Paper ; no.25
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shaun Lohoar
Nick Butera
Edita Kennedy
Description
"This paper explores some of the characteristics of traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural practices that contribute to effective family functioning, and how these practices can have positive effects on children and communities."
Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, vol. 4, Fall, 2014, pp. 182-210
Description
Overview of project that brought together university students, Aboriginal high school students and former gang members. Focuses on interconnectedness and kinship.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 227-254
Description
Second generation urban Native Americans speak about their childhood experiences and sense of identity as well as sense of conflict and loss caused by failing intergenerational transfer of tradition.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education: in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 49-52
Description
Discusses two core suggestions taken from the National Strategy on Inuit Education 2011 report, investing in mobilizing parents and developing leaders in Inuit education.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 62-80
Description
Interview with Cherokee author who discusses personal, familial, cultural, social, literary, and popular expectations about American Indians.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 62.