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

 

© 2009 First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada ISSN 1708-489X Other Issues 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 4, Number 2, 2009 4 Foreword Margaret Kovach 5 Editorial: TBA Wendy Thomas and Marlyn Bennett 8 For So Long... Wanda Gabriel 9 POEM: Their Eyes Elaine M. Alec 10 Using a Narrative Approach to Understanding the Frontline Practices and Experiences of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Child Protection Workers Sherri Pooyak and Yvonne Gomez 18 The Frontline of Revitationalization: Influences Impacting Aboriginal Helpers Suzy Goodleaf and Wanda Gabriel 30 Irihapeti Ramsden: The Public Narrative on Cultural Safety Steve Koptie 44 Culturally Restorative Child Welfare Practice - A Special Emphasis on Cultural Attachment Theory Estelle Simard 62 Family Counselling as Decolonization: Exploring an Indigenous Social-Constructivist Approach in Clinical Practice Suzanne Stewart 71 Using aWestern-Based Survey to Assess Cultural Perspectives of Dene Mothers in Northern Manitoba Luella Bernacki Jonk 85 In Consideration of the Needs of Our Most Loving of Caregivers: Grandparenting Experiences in Manitoba First Nation Communities Rachel Eni, Carol D.H. Harvey and Wanda Phillips-Beck 99 If We Show Them Will They Come? Attitudes of Native American Youth Towards Higher Education Emmerentie Oliphant and Sharon B. Templeman 106 Knowledge Translation in a Community-Based Study of the Relations Among Violence Exposure, Post-Traumatic Stress and Alcohol Misuse in Mi’kmaq Youth Marc Zahradnik, Sherry Stewart, Doreen Stevens, and Christine Wekerle 118 Child Protective Services and University-Based Partnerships: A Participatory Action-Based Model for Creating and Sharing Knowledge Randall Waechter, Christine Wekerle, Bruce Leslie, Deborah Goodman, Nadine Wathen, Brenda Moody, and the MAP Research Team 129 Torrest Strait Island Parents’ Involvement in their Children’s Mathematics Learning: A Discussion paper Bronwyn Ewing 135 First Nations Children Count: Enveloping Quantitative Research in an Indigenous Envelope Cindy Blackstock 144 After This, Nothing Happened: Indigenous Academic Writing and Chickadee Peoples’ Words Steve Koptie 152 Aboriginal Youth Gangs: Preventative Approaches Jane P. Preston, Sheila Carr-Stewart and Charlene Northwest 161 Towards Transformational Research for and with Indigenous Communities: The New British Columbia Indigenous Child Welfare Research Network Sandrina de Finney, Jacquie Green, and Leslie Brown

Coordinating Editor: Marlyn Bennett

Editorial Board Members: Danny Musqua, Elder Representative, First Nations University of Canada • Ginger Gosnell-Myers, British Columbia • Ivan Brown, Manager, Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare • Jeannine Carriere, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Victoria, British Columbia • Joan Glode, Executive Director, Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services of Nova Scotia • 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 • Maggie Kovach, Educational Foundations, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan

Layout: Marlyn Bennett

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

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