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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Main Author: Weaver, Hilary N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 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