First Peoples Child & Family Review
An Interdisciplinary Journal Honoring the Voices, Perspectives and Knowledges of First Peoples through Research, Critical Analyses, Stories, Standpoints and Media Reviews

 

© 2007 First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada ISSN 1708-489X Volume 4, Number 2, 2009 Volume 4, Number 1, 2009 Volume 3, Number 4, 2007 Volume 3, Number 3, 2007 Volume 3, Number 2, 2007 Volume 3, Number 1, 2007 Volume 2, Number 1, 2005 Volume 1, Number 1, 2004

Table of Contents, Volume 3, Number 1, 2007 4 Foreword Michael Hart 5 Ensuring Knowledge Transmission in the Aboriginal Child Welfare Field Marlyn Bennett 10 Keeping First Nations children at home: A few Federal policy changes could make a big difference Fred Wien, Cindy Blackstock, John Loxley and Nico Trocmé 15 The politics of kith and kin: Observations on the British Columbia government's reaction to the death of Sherry Charlie Gerald Cradock 34 Reflections of a Mi’kmaq social worker on a quarter of a century work in First Nations child welfare Nancy MacDonald and Judy MacDonald 46 Promising practice for maintaining identities in First Nation adoption Jeannine Carriere 65 Identity lost and found: Lessons from the sixties scoop Raven Sinclair 83 Indigenous knowledge and research: The míkiwáhp as a symbol for reclaiming our knowledge and ways of knowing Michael Hart 91 A way of life: Indigenous perspectives on anti oppressive living Robina Thomas and Jacquie Green 105 Here be dragons! Reconciling Indigenous and Western knowledge to improve Aboriginal child welfare Jean Lafrance and Betty Bastien 127 Are rural American Indian adolescents becoming a race of angels? John Courname 133 (A Literature Review) Re-examining issues behind the loss of family and cultural and the impact on Aboriginal youth suicide rates Kristine Morris

Coordinating Editor: Marlyn Bennett

Editorial Board Members: Danny Musqua, Elder Representative, First Nations University of Canada • Ginger Gosnel, Youth Representative, British Columbia • Ivan Brown, Manager, Center of Excellence for Child Welfare • Jeannine Carriere, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Victoria • Joan Glode, Executive Director, Mi'kmaw Family and Children's Services of Nova Scotia • Kathy Jones, Special Needs Coordinator and Treatment Manager, West Region Child and Family Services, Manitoba • Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada • Kenn Richard, Executive Director, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto • Michael Hart, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba • Shelley Thomas Prokop, Thomas Research, Saskatchewan • Jean Lafrance, Associate Professor and Division Head, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary • Vickie Coury-Jocks, Kahnawake Shakotiia'takehnhas Community Services, Kahnawake, Quebec

Layout: Marlyn Bennett

Cover Illustration: Garry Young for the © First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada

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