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Ohpikinâwasowin / Growing a Child: Implementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Indigenous Families

Ohpikinâwasowin / Growing a Child: Implementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Indigenous Families

Makokis, Leona
Bodor, Ralph
Calhoun, Avery

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Indigenous StudiesPoverty & Social Work

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ISBN10: 1773632272
ISBN13: 9781773632278
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Published: Oct 6 2020
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Western theory and practice are over-represented in child welfare services for Indigenous peoples, not the other way around. Contributors to this collection invert the long-held, colonial relationship between Indigenous peoples and systems of child welfare in Canada. By understanding the problem as the prevalence of the Western universe in child welfare services rather than Indigenous peoples, efforts to understand and support Indigenous children and families are fundamentally transformed. Child welfare for Indigenous peoples must be informed and guided by Indigenous practices and understandings. Privileging the iyiniw (First people, people of the land) universe leads to reinvigorating traditional knowledges, practices and ceremonies related to children and families that have existed for centuries.

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