Cultivating the Next Generation of Indigenous Leaders: UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Hung Chien
Caitlin Lupton
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the launch of the adolescent-friendly version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Cultural Approach to a Canadian Tragedy: The Indian Residential Schools as a Sacred Enterprise
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Taylor Woods
International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, vol. 26, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 173-187
Description
Discusses the Anglican Church of Canada's involvement with the residential school system starting in the 1880s to 1969 when the government ended the church-state partnership.
A Cultural Approach to Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation: Observations from Year One
Alternate Title
Moving Forward, Making a Difference ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 4
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 2nd, 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
Joannie Halas
vol. 4
Description
Reports on first year of three-year research study conducted in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Discusses context, methods and training and mentoring activities.
Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Cultural Centrality and Information and Communication Technology Among Canadian Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victor Thiessen
Dianne E. Looker
Canadian Journal of Sociology, vol. 33, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 311-336
Description
Examines the distance of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples from the cultural "centre" of White European culture.
Cultural Congruence in the Education of and Research With Young Aboriginal Students: Ethical Implications for Classroom Researchers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Piquemal
Bret Nickels
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 51, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 118-134
Description
Looks at teacher-student interaction patterns in an inner-city kindergarten classroom where the majority were of Ojibway and Cree ancestry.
Cultural Considerations in Play Therapy With Aboriginal Children in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan Brady
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope For Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [95]-109
Description
Explores the junction between culture-infused counselling practice and play therapy.
Cultural Context in the Effort to Improve Oral Health among Alaska Native People: The Dental Health Aide Therapist Model
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Wetterhall
Barri Burrus
Daniel Shugars
James Bader
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 10, October 2011, pp. 1836-1840
Description
Looks at a different model of care to address dental disease prevention and restorative care in rural communities through the use of dental health aide therapists.
The Cultural Context of Aboriginal Suicide: Myths, Meanings, and Critical Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Reser
Oceania, vol. 61, no. 2, December 1990, pp. 177-184
Description
Response to an article which equates suicide with 'destructive rage and self-destructive withdrawal' and does not provide any alternative perspectives.
Cultural Continuity as a Moderator of Suicide Risk Among Canada's First Nations
Alternate Title
Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michael J. Chandler
Christopher E. Lalonde
Description
Discusses why some Aboriginal communities are free of suicide while others have an epidemic.
Chapter 10 from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.
A Cultural Difference in Visual Memory: On le Voit, on ne le Voit Plus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. Z. Klich
G. R. Davidson
International Journal of Psychology, vol. 18, no. 1-4, January 1983, pp. 189-201
Description
Looks at the pronounced memory skills exhibited by desert Aboriginal children living in their own tribal areas.
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 Influences on Navajo Mothers with Disabled Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennie R. Joe
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 170-190
Description
A look at how Navajo cultural and social structures helped Indigenous mothers and families with disabled children .
Cultural Loyalty: Aboriginal Students Take an Ethical Stance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Piquemal
Reflective Practice, vol. 6, no. 4, November 2005, pp. 523-538
Description
Looks at two students who apply concepts of privacy and confidentiality when dealing with or storying cultural experiences in the school setting.
Cultural Negotiation and Schooling: New Idea or New Clothing For An Old Idea?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald V. Mohatt
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 172-185
Description
Reviews articles in the special issue, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, discusses barriers to careers in teaching, expanding knowledge base of Indigenous education and the relationship between school change, culture, power and control.
Cultural Permanence for Indigenous Children and Youth: Reflections From a Delegated Aboriginal Agency in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Bennett
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 1, Special Issue on Custom Adoptions, 2015, pp. 99-115
Description
Overview of Northwest Inter-Nation Family and Community Services (NIFCS) who aim to meet the holistic needs of children and youth in their care by increasing cultural knowledge.
Cultural Practices in American Indian Prevention Programs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ruth Sanchez-Way
Sandie Johnson
Juvenile Justice, vol. 7, no. 2, December 2000, p. [?]
Description
Reports that successful programs incorporate a multilevel community approach and create opportunities for youth to develop self-efficacy and competence.
Cultural Preservation Program for Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francisco Ramón Barbarán
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 205-214
Description
Comments on the parameters for successfully implementing this program as discussed in a workshop with elders.
Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Health Indicators Among Inuit Preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007-2008
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. M. Egeland
N. Faraj
G. Osborne
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Circumpolar Special Issue: Human Health at the Ends of the Earth, 2010, pp. 1-13
Description
Health survey of children, aged 3-5 years looks at factors associated with indigeneity, the physical and socio-economic environment, health behaviours and health histories.
Cultural Strengths and Challenges in Implementing a System of Care Model in American Indian Communities
Alternate Title
Systems of Care: Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health ; 2000 Series, Volume 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry L. Cross
Kathleen Earle
Holly Echo-Hawk Solie
Kathryn Manness
Description
Discusses practices that use traditional culture-based American Indian healing methods to integrate within system of care model.
Cultural Transmutations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Albert Braz
Canadian Literature, no. 182, Black Writing in Canada, Autumn, 2004, pp. 183-185
Description
Book reviews of:
For Joshua: An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son by Richard Wagamese.
The Setting Lake Sun by J. R. Lévillé.
The Great Gift of Tears by Heather Hodgson.
Culturally Appropriate Care, A Multicultural Task: Assessing the Needs of Inuit Youth in the Care of Child Welfare Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah L. Fraser
Cécile Rousseau
Rebecca Kasudluak
Pamela Burmester
Maria José Arauz
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 9, no. 2, Inuit Health and Well-Being, 2012, pp. 38-49
Description
Study explored needs of Inuit youth in the care of child welfare services from perspective of educators, therapists, a cultural broker, and the youths themselves.
NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.
Culturally Appropriate Evaluation of Tribally Based Suicide Prevention Programs: A Review of Current Approaches
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Puneet Chawla Sahota
Sarah Kastelic
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 27 , no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 99-127
Description
Studies the strategies and programs for suicide prevention in various American Indian/Alaska Native communities and offers policy-change recommendations based on each communities needs.
Culturally Appropriate HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Prevention Programs for Urban Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Solis Aguilera
Ana Vanesa Plasencia
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Faces of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 299-304
Description
Discusses programs that incorporate traditional healing practices to those affected by HIV/AIDS and substance abuse.
Culturally Appropriate Implementation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire in Aboriginal Head Start Programs in BC: Findings and Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Presents overview of research on developmental screening tools and the transportability from one culture to another. Looks at programs in British Columbia and Quebec using ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire).
Culturally Based Math Education as a Way to Improve Alaska Native Students' Math Performance
Alternate Title
Working Paper Series (Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics) ; no. 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jerry Lipka
Barbara Adams
Description
Study uses the math curriculum "Building a Fish Rack: Investigations into Proof, Properties, Perimeter, and Area" to show culturally-based instruction has been successful with Yup'ik students.
A Culturally Responsive, Family-Enhanced Intervention Model
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison J. Boyd-Ball
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, vol. 27, no. 8, August 2003, pp. 1356-1360
Description
Discussion of The Shadow Project, a three year study involving 60 families who had a child entering alcohol and drug inpatient treatment.
Culturally Restorative Child Welfare Practice - A Special Emphasis on Cultural Attachment Theory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Estelle Simard
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 44-61
Description
Looks at research data to help child welfare workers better understand and utilize cultural attachment theory in their decision making with child welfare practices.
Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Research on Child Development and Family Practices in First Peoples Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly E. McShane
Paul D. Hastings
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 1, no. 1, September 2004, pp. 33-48
Description
Argues that a different perspective than the standard Western viewpoint is needed when conducting research with Aboriginal families.
Culture and Consistency in Ideal and Actual Child-Rearing Practices: A Study of Canadian Indian and White Parents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara M. Gfellner
Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 21, no. 3, Autumn, 1990, pp. [413]-423
Description
Study indicates more consistencies than differences in First Nations and non-First Nations parents' reports of their actual child-rearing behaviours.
Culture and Early Childhood Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Discusses approaches to address culturally defined goals for children's early learning and development.
Article from Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [online] edited by R. E. Tremblay, R. G. Barr, R. De V. Peters, M. Boivin.
Culture as Prevention: Assisting High-Risk Youth in the Omaha Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Penn
Joy Doll
Neal Grandgenett
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 43-61
Description
Discussion of the Omaha Nation Community Response Team (ONCRT) of the Omaha Reservation located in Thurston County, Nebraska; focus of program is providing a system of care which joins treatment and care to a return to core values and traditional culture.
Culture Conflict and Coping in a Group of Aboriginal Adolescents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. R. Davidson
B. Nurcombe
G. E. Kearney and K. Davis
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1978, pp. 359-372
Description
Examines how Elcho youth deal with conflicts between traditional and Western culture.
Culture, Context, and Sexual Risk Among Northern Plains American Indian Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol E. Kaufman
Jennifer Desserich
Cecelia K. Big Crow
Bonnie Holy Rock ... [et al.]
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, May 2007, pp. 2152-2164
Description
Interviews and focus group discussions conducted to provide a context for sexual risk-taking and decision-making on one reservation.
Culture of Fearfulness? Connecting Patterns of Vulnerability and Resilience in Young Urban Aboriginal Women’s Narratives in Kjipuktuk (Halifax): Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Trudy Sable
Pam Glode-Desrochers
Darryl Leroux
Chenise Haché
Salina Kemp
Description
Results of interviews with 16 study participants grouped into five themes: identity, family and community, violence, systemic racism/colonialism, social networks/supports, and resiliency and integrity.