Come-Backs/Reincarnation as Integration; Adoption-Out as Disassociation: Examples from First Nations Northwest British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonia Mills
Linda Champion
Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 30-43
Description
Compares one child's experience of growing up in the Gitxsan/Witsuwit'en culture to that of a child adopted out of the community in terms of the cultural belief of rebirth of an Elder or relative in a baby.
Community Voices: Traditional Native Culture and Spirituality: A Way of Life That Governs Us
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bessie Mainville
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Ojibwe Traditional Elder briefly discusses the pipe ceremony, language, clan system, legends/stories, code of conduct, beginning of man and womanhood, and the eagle feather.
Complementary Research on Traditional and Customary Child Care Practices/Adoption within Aboriginal Communities in Quebec: Presented to Working Group on Customary Adoption in Aboriginal Communities, Justice Québec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Québec Native Women Inc.
Description
Results of qualitative survey conducted in response to amendments to the Youth Protection Act which gives courts the power to issue permanent placement orders outside of the immediate family.
Conducting Food Sovereignty Assessments in Native Communities: On-the-Ground Perspectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Vena A-dae Romero
Dana Eldridge
Vicky Karhu]
Description
Three case studies illustrate the use of the Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool: Cochiti Pueblo, Diné Policy Institute, and the Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative.
Contemporary Practice of Traditional Aboriginal Child Rearing: A Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Muir
Yvonne Bohr
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 66-79
Description
Looks at Aboriginal child rearing practices to determine if traditional ways are still in use and if so, how these practices differ from mainstream child rearing.
Contextual Factors That Influence the Achievement of Australia's Indigenous Students: Results from PISA 2000-2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lisa De Bortoli
Sue Thomson
Contours of a People: Métis Family, Mobility, and History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott P. Stephen
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 140-141
Description
Book review of Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda Macdougall.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access review scroll to p. 140.
Correlates of Physical Activity among First Nations Children Residing in First Nations Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Janssen
Lucie Lévesque
Fei Xu
First Nations Governance Centre
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 6, November/December 2014, pp. 412-417
Description
Factors examined: demographics, use of language and involvement in culture, community size and culture, school attendance, chronic conditions, and family structure, socio-economic status, and culture. Uses data from the 2008/10 First Nations Regional Health Survey.
Counselling Services Attached to Coroner's Offices across Australia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ada Parry
Norma Benger
Tarun Weeramanthri
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 9-10
Description
Discusses the kinds of family counseling services provided: viewing a body and identification, postmortems, inquests and resulting information, guidance through the inquest, information about rights, and short, medium and long-term counseling.
Creating Circles of Support for Pregnant Women and New Parents
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Best Start Resource Centre
Description
Provides examples for health and social service providers in Ontario to help pregnant women create a support system. Includes list of resources for programs and services.
Crossing Borders, Erasing Boundaries: Interethnic Marriages in Tucson, 1854-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Salvador Acosta
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2010.
Cultivating the Arctic's Most Valuable Resource: An Analysis of Barriers to High School Completion Among Inuit Youth in Nunavut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melanie O'Gorman
Manish Pandey
Description
Looks at 50% dropout rate for Nunavut youth and delves into reasons for it.
A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England: Voices From Past and Present
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rae Gould
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 397-399
Description
Book review of: A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England by Frank Waabu O'Brien (Moondancer) and Julianne Jennings (Strong Woman)
Cultural Identity and Familial Relationships as Protective Factors Against Intimate Partner Violence Among American Indian and Alaska Native Mothers
Theses
Author/Creator
N. Diane Gout
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University, 2010.
Cultural Implications for Navajo Students' Learning Styles and Effective Teaching Methods
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rangasamy Ramasamy
Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, vol. 17, Special Issue, Fall, 1996, pp. 139-151
Description
Examines cultural conflicts between Anglo cultures and Navajo students at reservations schools and use of effective teaching methods for resolution.
Cultural Permanence for Indigenous Children and Youth in Care: Advancing Knowledge and Current Practices for Promoting Resiliency and Belonging
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathleen Bennett
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2014.
Dad and Nicotash: True Friends
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peggy Looby
Saskatchewan History, vol. 66, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 18-19
Description
Author recounts her family’s relationship with a man named “Ou-qui-chass” or Squirrel [possibly Ankwacas, Squirrel in Cree], whom the children in her family called Nicotash, from Nut Lake [now Yellow Quill First Nation].
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 18.
Dę'ni:s nisa'sgao'dę?: Haudenosaunee Clans and the Reconstruction of Traditional Haudenosaunee Identity, Citizenship, and Nationhood
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa McCarthy
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 81-101
Description
Promotes the cohesion of Haudenosaunee people on both sides of the United States/Canada border by sharing history, clan research and linking clan relatives.
The Demographic and Economic Characteristics of the
Aboriginal Population in Saskatchewan
Alternate Title
Sask Trends Monitor
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Doug Elliott
Description
Most information derived from the 1996, 2001, and 2006 Statistics Canada census and the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS).
Final version.
Demographic and Socioeconomic Outcomes Across the Indigenous Australian Lifecourse: Evidence from the 2006 Census
Alternate Title
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 31
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Mandy Yap
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
Development of a Framework of Improved Childbirth Care for First Nation Women in Manitoba: A First Nation Family Centred Approach
Theses
Author/Creator
Wanda Phillips-Beck
Description
Community Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.
Dharmalan Dana: An Australian Aboriginal Man's 73-year Search for the Story of His Aboriginal and Indian Ancestors
Alternate Title
Aboriginal History Monograph ; [28]
E-Books
Author/Creator
George Nelson
Robynne Nelson
Aboriginal History Monograph
Dharmalan Dana: An Australian Aboriginal Man's 73-Year Search for the Story of His Aboriginal and Indian Ancestors
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laura Rademaker
Aboriginal History, vol. 38, 2014, pp. 201-203
Description
Book review of: Dharmalan Dana by George Nelson and Robynne Nelson.
Scroll down to page 201 to read review.
Disproportionate Representation and First Nations Child Welfare in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Sullivan
Grant Charles
Description
Examines the structural factors behind disproportionality in the system and reviews approaches that go beyond traditional limits of social welfare systems.
Do No Further Harm: Becoming a White Ally in Child Welfare Work With Aboriginal Children, Families, and Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Grace Atkinson
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2010.
[Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cristina Stanciu
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 110-115
Description
Book review of: Domestic Subjects by Beth H. Piatote.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 110.
Domestic Violence in Aboriginal Communities: A Context for Resilience
Theses
Author/Creator
Anita Olsen Harper
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.
Duwamish History in Duwamish Voices: Weaving Our Family Stories Since Colonization
Theses
Author/Creator
Julia Anne Allain
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2014.
[Dynamic Traditions: 'Cannery Days' Exhibit at Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dianne Newell
Kathleen Paulsen
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Native People in British Columbia: Recent Research, 1996, p. 153–156
Description
Book review of: Dynamic Traditions.
The Effect of Social Support on the Health of Indigenous Australians in a Metropolitan Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pippa Waterworth
Michael Rosenberg
Rebecca Braham
Melanie Pescud
James Dimmock
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 119, October 2014, p. 139–146
Description
Examines the influence of a social connections on the health outcomes of Indigenous people.
The Eighteenth-Century Wyandot: A Clan-Based Study
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
John L. Steckley
Indigenous Studies Series
Elder Brother, the Law of the People, and Contemporary Kinship Practices of Cowessess First Nation Members: Reconceptualizing Kinship in American Indian Studies Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Alexander Innes
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.
Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
BC Studies, no. 182, The Great War, Summer, 2014, pp. 226-227
Description
Book review of Empires, Nations, and Families by Anne F. Hyde.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 226.
Engaging Indigenous Parents in Their Children's Education
Alternate Title
Resource Sheet (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 32
E-Books
Author/Creator
Daryl Higgins
Sam Morley
Engaging Māori Fathers: A Literature Review: Father Involvement, Māori Parenting, and Engaging Māori Fathers in Parenting
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Will Edwards
Mihi Ratima
Description
Topics include characteristics of men, families and households, pre-colonial and contemporary modes of parenting, and effective parenting programs.
Erdrich’s Crusade: Sexual Violence in The Round House
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Tharp
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 25-40
Description
Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
Ethnographic Explorations of the Foodways of Three Generations of Women in Kasabonika Lake First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Kehoe
Description
Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.
An Examination of Familial Social Support Use by CHamoru Women on Guahan Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa Linda Natividad
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-15
Description
This study examines the role of family members in providing support for cancer survivors.
Experiences in Tribal Self-Determination: Strengthening Native Community Identity and Dealing With Public Perceptions Since the 1960's
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard M. Wheelock
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2014 WSSA American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2014, pp. 1-25
Description
Author reflects on his personal pathway to self-determination.
Exploring Food Choice as Social Practice: Appreciating the Context of Family Feeding in Kahnawake, Québec, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Treena Delormier
Description
Social and Preventative Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 2010.
FAME: Families Achieving Mathematical Excellence: The Process of Developing a Family Involvement Program For a Western Rural Middle School Serving American Indian Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Marie Bollinger
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ed.D.)--Montana State University, 2010.
Familial Cohesion and Colonial Atomization: Governance and Authority in a Coast Salish Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
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.
Family and Nation: Cherokee Orphan Care, 1835-1903
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie L. Reed
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 312-344
Description
Describes the history of the Cherokee Orphan Asylum in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, including the devestating fire in 1903.
Family and Youth Vulnerability to Suicidal Behaviour in First Nations: A Comparison of Reserve and Non-Reserve Groups
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michel Tousignant
Nathalie Morin
Livia Vitenti
Antoine Bibaud De Serres
Arlene Laliberté
International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, Special Issue on Youth Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice, 2014, pp. 70-88
Description
Looks at an analysis of the epidemiology of suicide in Aboriginal communities, presents the evidence relating family factors to suicide and follows with statistics from welfare agencies on First Nations.
Family, Community, and Aboriginal Language among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
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.
Family, Loss And Place: Everyday Experiences Of Hereditary Cancer In A First Nation Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Natasha Lucia Damiano Paterson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2010.
Family Matters: Household Size in Relation to the Well-Being of Aboriginal School-Aged Children Living Off-Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline M. Quinless
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 5-28
Description
Study shows as household size increases so does a child's involvement in social activities plus the number of chronic health conditions decrease.
Finding the Indian Child Welfare Act in Unexpected Places: Applicability in Private Non-Parent Custody Actions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jill E. Tompkins
University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 81, no. 4, Symposium Issue: The Next Generation of American Indian Law Judges, 2010, pp. [1119]-1185
Description
Overview of the history and intent of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and the growing urban Indian population.
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Website contains projects, publications, journal First Peoples Child & Family Review, resources and related links.