Social Issues in Contemporary Native America

Reflections from Turtle Island
Herausgeber: Weaver, Hilary N.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 containing an introduction, this book places the historical foundations of Native American social work in context in order to fully provide the reader with a comprehensive survey on various aspects of working with Native American families; community health and wellness; and community revitalization and decolonization. This groundbreaking volume should be read by both educators and students in social work and other helping professions in the USA and Canada as well as all human service professionals working with Native Americans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781409452072
• ISBN-10: 1409452077
• Artikelnr.: 41130134

Autorenporträt

Hilary N. Weaver is Professor of Social Work at SUNY-Buffalo, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part 1 Policy Foundations; Chapter 1 Sovereignty
Dependency
and the Spaces in Between: An Examination of United States Social Policy and Native Americans
Hilary N. Weaver; Chapter 2 Legally Entrenched Oppressions: The Undercurrent of First Nations Peoples' Experiences with Canada's Social Welfare Policies
Michael Anthony Hart
Gladys Rowe; Part 2 Social Work: Past
Present
and Future; Chapter 3 Social Services and Indigenous Peoples of North America: Pre-Colonial to Contemporary Times
Andrea Tamburro
Paul-René Tamburro; Chapter 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
Robert E. "Bob" Prue; Chapter 5 Reflecting Out of the Box: Locating Place and Practice in the Decolonization of Social Work
Diane McEachern; Part 3 Indigenous Peoples across the Life Cycle; Chapter 6 Raising Healthy American Indian Children: An Indigenous Perspective
Priscilla A. Day; Chapter 7 Preserving Native Families
Preserving Native Cultures
Nancy Lucero
Marian Bussey; Chapter 8 ICWA: Legal Mandate for Social Justice and Preservation of American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage
Thalia González
Edwin González-Santin; Chapter 9 Tradition Keepers: American Indian/Alaska Native Elders
Priscilla A. Day; Part 4 Well-Being and the Community Context; Chapter 10 Violence in the Lives of Native Americans
Hilary N. Weaver; Chapter 11 Indigenous Women and Sexual Assault: Implications for Intersectionality
Roe Bubar; Chapter 12 Culture is Medicine that Works
Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Barbara Mainguy; Chapter 13 Building Assets in Tribal Communities
Amy Locklear Hertel
Kristen Wagner
Jessica Black; Chapter 14 Mosquito Advocacy: Change Promotion Strategies for Small Groups with Big Ideas
Cindy Blackstock; Conclusion;