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A Way of Life: Indigenous Perspectives on Anti-Oppressive Living
No full textThe focus of this article is on the key elements of anti-oppressive practices as examined by two Indigenous women who practice and teach anti-oppressive ways. Anti-oppressive living is characterized as a Way of Life that values the sacred and traditional teachings of various Indigenous cultures. The Medicine Wheel is discussed and highlighted as an effective teaching tool to examine anti-oppressive ways of living, practicing, and perspectives
Aboriginal Children's Hurt & Healing (ACHH) Initiative: First Nation Community Health Video
No full textThe Aboriginal Children’s Hurt & Healing (ACHH) Initiative is a research initiative aimed at improvingIndigenous children’s healthcare experiences. The ACHH Initiative seeks to recognize the pain and hurtexperience of Indigenous children and youth by gathering individual stories and artwork to betterunderstand cultural differences for both the emotional and physical pain experience. The ACHHInitiative, in collaboration with several First Nations communities across the Mi’kma’ki and Wolastoqeyregions, offered conversation and art sessions to community members. A knowledge sharing videocommunicating community ideas from this work was developed, with youth identifying emotional paindepicted through artwork. This knowledge represents a profound cultural understanding of pain assomething that is experienced on multiple levels - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. This videowas produced by RPM Productions
Why?
No full textThe grade 3/4 and grade 7 class at Ross Drive Public School worked together to learn about treaties,Shannen Koostachin, and Shannen’s Dream. The students were asked to think about what a safe andcomfy education might look like and why it is unfair that Shannen Koostachin had to fight for this right.To learn more, visit www.shannensdream.ca
Indigenous Child Welfare Legislation: A Historical Change or Another Paper Tiger?
No full textFor millennia before colonization, First Nations laws regarding children flourished across what is now known as Canada. These laws were ignored by colonial forces who imposed their own version of child welfare on First Nations families. This resulted in what the 2015 final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015) called “cultural genocide.” The reassertion of First Nations laws that are derived through community consultation processes presents a promising alternative to the reliance on provincial or territorial laws that apply today.On November 30, 2018, Minister Philpott of Indigenous Services Canada, accompanied by leaders from the Assembly of First Nations, Métis National Council, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami announced that the federal government would table historic “Indigenous” child welfare legislation in the House of Commons, early in 2019 (Indigenous Services Canada, 2018). It seems like good news but will it really build healthy families and, over time, reduce the over-representation of First Nations children in care or is it another colonial paper tiger? The answer is – it depends. But red flags are already flying, such as the pan-Indigenous approach, the lack of a clear funding base, and a lack of attention to the child welfare needs among and between First Nations, Métis, and Inuit
Indigenous Wholistic Theory: A Knowledge Set for Practice
No full textIn this article, the author establishes a knowledge set for Indigenous social work practice based on Indigenous wholistic theory. An overall framework using the circle is proposed and introduced followed by a more detailed and elaborated illustration using the four directions. The article identifies the need to articulate Indigenous wholistic theory and does so by employing a wholistic framework of the four directional circle. It then systematically moves around each direction, beginning in the east where a discussion of Spirit and vision occurs. In the south, a discussion of relationships, community, and heart emerge. The western direction brings forth a discussion of the Spirit of the ancestors and the importance of Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous knowledge production. The northern direction articulates ideas surrounding healing and movements and actions that guide practice. The article begins with a discussion on all four directions together with a final examination of the Centre fire where all elements interconnect and intersect. Lastly, the article proclaims the existence of Indigenous wholistic theory as a necessary knowledge set for practice
The Occasional Evil of Angels: Learning From the Experiences of Aboriginal Peoples and Social Work
No full textThis paper explores how the propensity of social workers to make a direct and unmitigated connection between good intentions, rational thought, and good outcomes form a white noise barrier that substantially interferes with our ability to see negative outcomes resulting directly or indirectly from our works. The paper begins with outlining the harm experienced by Aboriginal children before moving to explore how two fundamental philosophies that pervade social service practice impact Aboriginal children: 1) an assumption of pious motivation and effect and 2) a desire to improve others. Finally, the paper explores why binding reconciliation and child welfare is a necessary first step toward developing social work services that better support Aboriginal children and families
Rekindling the Sacred Fire for Children and Families
No full textThis video describes the partnership between the Sun Lodge Village and Peguis Child and Family Services in Peguis First Nation, Manitoba. Together we are providing opportunities for families, youth, and children to find their way back to traditional spiritual ways of healing and knowing who they are through ceremony, traditional teachings, and land-based experiences. The story is told through voices, pictures, and songs of the Sun Lodge Village family, child and family service workers, and the parents and youth involved. It describes the need for radical change in the child welfare system for Anishinaabe families, to find alternatives to placing so many children in foster care. It shows how such change is indeed possible through helping families from within traditional Anishinaabe ways of being. Those involved describe how these ways have provided healing for them, how their families have been strengthened, and how special the Sun Lodge and the Sun Lodge Village family have become for them
Healing Through Culture for Incarcerated Aboriginal People
No full textStatistically, Aboriginal people in Canada are over-represented in prisons throughout the country. While representatives from the Canadian government recognize that the Aboriginal incarceration rates are an issue, they have failed to find a solution. A link has been found to demonstrate how the erosion of Aboriginal culture through the legacy of residential schools has contributed to the current inflated Aboriginal incarceration statistics (Waldram, 1997). As such, cultural healing in prisons may be a crucial factor for Aboriginal inmates’ rehabilitation. Cultural healing can be implemented in prisons by: providing inmates with access to Elders, allowing Elders to perform ceremonies, providing inmates with access to sacred medicines, and increasing the number of healing lodges and sacred circles
Domestic Sex Trafficking of Aboriginal Girls in Canada: Issues and Implications
No full textThe current discourses on human trafficking in Canada do not take into account domestic trafficking, especially of Aboriginal girls. Notwithstanding the alarmingly high number of missing, murdered, and sexually exploited Aboriginal girls, the issue continues to be portrayed more as a problem of prostitution than of sexual exploitation or domestic trafficking. The focus of this study is to examine the issues in sexual exploitation of Aboriginal girls, as identified by the grass root agencies, and to contextualize them within the trafficking framework with the purpose of distinguishing sexual exploitation from sex work. In doing so, the paper will outline root causes that make Aboriginal girls vulnerable to domestic trafficking as well as draw implications for policy analysis
Thunder Finder
No full textThis video is about a Métis youth’s (Kaitrina Harrisson) journey of self-discovery, specifically theirsexuality. Speaking of the past, finding inspiration; into the present, acknowledging their identity; and tothe future, carrying hope. They also speak about the help lent to them by the hand drum and grandfatherdrum. Throughout the video, Kaitrina is heard drumming with the women’s and men’s drum circles theyare a part of. Kaitrina created this video through a research project entitled: Promoting healthy urbanenvironments for young Indigenous peoples: The case of M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre.The research team was formed by the M’Wikwedong Youth Group (Ryerson King, Kaitrina Harrisson,Steven Schlonies, Nikita Jones, and James Schlonies) and the Centre for Environmental Health Equity atQueen’s University (Carlos Sanchez-Pimienta and Jeffrey Masuda). This video displays a previousiteration of the name of this project. M'Wikwedong recently changed its name to "M'WikwedongIndigenous Friendship Centre.