Examines the structural factors behind disproportionality in the system and reviews approaches that go beyond traditional limits of social welfare systems.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 27-46
Description
Study probes the importance of kinship relations, with respect to individual and collective identity, for members of the Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 195-208
Description
Article examines the formation of pan-Indigenous or pan-Indian identity while considering the factors of political, economic, and ethnic marginalization. Considers different 20th Century pan-Indigenous organizations in the context of ethnic process theories.
Family Relations, vol. 46, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 113-121
Description
Studies found significant determinants were: psycho-social adjustment (self-esteem, school functioning); relationship with partner; total social support; and pregnancy and child characteristics (pregnancy risk, child mood and health risk).
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 1-42
Description
Looks at the strengths and limitations of the Siyá:m System of leadership, and discusses the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.
Canadian Social Trends, no. 90, Winter, 2010, pp. 73-82
Description
Data from the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey used to identify characteristics associated with the ability to understand an Aboriginal language among children aged 2 to 5. Examines the extent to which the home, the extended family, child care settings, and community contribute to the transmission of languages.
Discusses the importance of First Nations control over the adoption process and the need for government funding to support culturally based adoption services and programs.
Looks at re-designing Indigenous school-based health programs and practices to include indigenous ways of knowing, learning, traditions, and values of the community.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 219-229
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.
Results from competitions held at the Green Lake winter festival. Page 1: Two pictures of log cutting contests. Page 2: Flour packing, buckskin parade, trap setting.
Discusses the history non-native social workers within Aboriginal communities and the beginning of First Nations' control of child welfare.
Duration: 7:11.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lx-lxiii
Description
Looks at Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) as an effective treatment model for parents who either have difficulty with appropriate parenting skills or children with behavioural problems.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lx.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 7-27
Description
Concludes that "early childhood educators should encourage and support Indigenous parents', families', and communities' efforts to ensure that their children acquire their Indigenous languages and cultures by identifying, embracing and incorporating Indigenous perspectives on how children learn in early childhood programs and classrooms".
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 1997, pp. 125-138
Description
Contends that the children in family-based bicultural classes had fewer late, absent and dropout behaviours when compared to students in mainstream classes.