ohpikinâwasowin / Growing a Child

Name: ohpikinâwasowin / Growing a Child
Brand: Fernwood Publishing
SKU: 9781773634203
Price: 21.99 EUR
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ISBN: 978-1-773-63420-3

Implementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Indigenous Families

de Leona Makokis (éditeur), Ralph Bodor (éditeur), Avery Calhoun (éditeur), Stephanie Tyler (éditeur)

Maison d'édition : Fernwood Publishing

août 2020

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Résumé

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.

The chapters of ohpikinâwasowin/Growing a Child describe wisdom-seeking journeys and service-provision changes that occurred in Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 territory on Turtle Island. Many of the teachings are nehiyaw (Cree) and some are from the Blackfoot people. Taken together, this collection forms a whole related to the Turtle Lodge Teachings, which expresses nehiyaw stages of development, and works to undo the colonial trappings of Canada’s current child welfare system.

Auteur

Leona Makokis (Edité par)

Leona Makokis is an Elder and member of the Kehewin Cree Nation and has dedicated her life to supporting the growth of programming that balances iyiniw language and worldview with contemporary experiences. Dr. Makokis is a former president of the University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills.
Ralph Bodor (Edité par)

Ralph Bodor is an associate professor with the Edmonton-based Central and Northern Region of the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary.
Avery Calhoun (Edité par)

Avery Calhoun is a retired associate professor from the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary.
Stephanie Tyler (Edité par)

Stephanie Tyler is a PhD student at the University of Calgary and a sessional instructor at MacEwan University.