Explains the need for the Saskatchewan child welfare system to provide better support, financial and other, for Aboriginal Grandmothers who are caring for their grandchildren.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Akwesasne, Ontario, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Quebec, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Looks at how Aboriginal children develop language in Lac Brochet, a First Nations community in northern Manitoba.
Scroll down to page 35 to read article.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 356-377
Description
Reviews literature on school change and student achievement, data relating to school change of Aboriginal students in public schools, and consequences for schools with high rates of mobile Aboriginal students.
Guidelines designed create resources to support community driven initiatives and services that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal children with special needs.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 1-4
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Keynote speaker's address opens this special issue which aims to showcase the depth and breadth of Indigenous Studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Curriculum designed to be conducted by an Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) expert and an attorney who have experience in this area. Time frame for this training is four hours.
Describes the psychosocial and behavioral characteristics of 30 consecutive adult suicides from four communities derived from interviews with a family member.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 355-369
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Examines the negative and positive aspects of providing elder care, describing low levels of burden and high levels of reward, attributable to cultural attitudes toward elders.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 371-383
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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.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 46-51
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Explores the historic and contemporary relationship with Aboriginal peoples in child welfare and discusses how social workers can adopt culturally appropriate service models that integrates core Aboriginal values, beliefs, and healing practices.
Provides overview of society including spirituality, organization. kinship, culture, customs, ceremony, ritual, and law.
Chapter 2 from: Aboriginal Benchbook for Western Australia Courts by Stephanie Fryer-Smith.
Chapter 2 located by scrolling to page 2:1.
Author describes her personal and professional reasons for participating in the Moving Research about Addressing the Impacts of Violence on Learning into Practice project. Excerpt from book of the same name produced as a result of the project.