Metis-Astute Social Work: Shining the Light on Some Helpful Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson/Kinewesquao
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. [82]-99
Description
Argues that Métis children are both unrecognized and over-represented in provincially managed child welfare systems throughout Canada; critiques social work practices that marginalize families and explores issues of identification, identity, and advocates for social work practices which dignify, rather than further alienate Métis families.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 26, no. 3, 2005, pp. 101-134
Description
Examines the cultural difference and women's perceived role in maintaining traditions from the stories of New Mexican Indian women who married Anglo men.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Two: Expressions of Self-Determination in North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Harris
Description
Discusses the ways northern North American people shape, express and retain their identities.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Three: Expressions of Self-Determination in Northwest Russia, Siberia, and Northern Asia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tamara Andreyeva
Zinaida Ivanova-Unarova
Description
Discusses the ways Indigenous peoples of northern Russia shape, express and retain their identities.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Eight: The Spiritual and the Aesthetic in the Circumpolar World
University of the Arctic – BCS 100
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100: Introduction to the Circumpolar World]
[Section Two: Contemporary Issues]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claudia Federova
Kathleen Osgood Dana
Description
Discusses the impact of orality and literacy, traditional and contemporary issues, and commonalities and differences in traditions of circumpolar peoples.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Interview with the author of North American Aboriginal Hide Tanning: The Act of Transformation and Revival which includes interviews and recipes from 15 tanners.
Duration: 28:19.
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 5, [Indigenous Peoples, Popular Pleasures and the Everyday], 2016, pp. 480-497
Description
Focuses on non-Indigenous media and academic representations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ceremonies. Argues that they reflect non-Indigenous ideologies rather than accurate portrayals.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 101-105
Description
Examines how A. LaVonne Ruoff Brown's bibliographies have contributed to Native American Studies.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 101.
Journal of the European Associating for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Marriage; Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 92-102
Description
Discusses the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 and the White Australian Policy.
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rūta Šlapkauskaitė
Description
Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 86-106
Description
Argues that while the story focuses on the trauma and loss resulting from colonization, it also shows the resilience of tribal women.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 86.
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 1-14
Description
Looks at a study that examined undergraduate nursing students in innovative clinical placements, and how they bear witness to poverty, inequities, critical awareness, critical engagement, and social change.