Social issues in contemporary native America [ reflections from Turtle Island
"Hilary Weaver has drawn together leading Native American social workers, researchers, and academics to provide current information on a variety of social issues related to Native American children, families, and reservations both in the USA and in Canada. Divided into four major sections, each...
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| Language: | English |
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Surrey, England :
Ashgate Publishing ,
c2014
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| Online Access: | http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/ASHGATEB0003710/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Sovereignty, dependency, and the spaces in between: an examination of United States social policy and native Americans
- 2. Legally entrenched oppressions: the undercurrent of first nations peoples' experiences with Canada's social welfare policies
- 3. Social services and indigenous peoples of North America: pre-colonial to contemporary times
- 4. A standpoint view of the social work profession and indigenous peoples in the United States: from the profession's origins through its first century
- 5. Reflecting out of the box: locating place and practice in the decolonization of social work
- 6. Raising healthy American Indian children: an indigenous perspective
- 7. Preserving native families, preserving native cultures
- 8. ICWA: legal mandate for social justice and preservation of American Indian/Alaska native heritage
- 9. Tradition keepers: American Indian/Alaska native elders
- 10. Violence in the lives of native Americans
- 11. Indigenous women and sexual assault: implications for intersectionality
- 12. Culture is medicine that works
- 13. Building assets in tribal communities
- 14. Mosquito advocacy: change promotion strategies for small groups with big ideas