A compilation of targeted resources for tribal child welfare professionals focused on engaging and supporting fathers. Resource Link: Engaging and Supporting Native Fathers Author: Center for Tribes Date:...
In 2007, The Tribal Law and Policy Institute asked members from three Western tribal communities to complete a survey designed to explore their perceptions of meth use in Indian Country. The resulting impacts this emerging epidemic has had on child maltreatment,...
Introduction: “Tribes are increasingly developing systems to provide advocates for tribal children. These children may be placed with non-birth parents in out of home placements, or they may be in home but require assistance to insure that their childhood needs are...
Author Abstract: “This paper explores American Indian fathering in the Dakota nation with an emphasis on cultural accuracy. Focus groups and census data suggest father absence is a major problem and that efforts should provide positive male role models. Life...
Introduction: “Last year, President Barack Obama launched a nationwide initiative to lift up the lives of Native youth in America, who, for too long, have gone unrecognized for their incredible talents and strengths. The Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) initiative...
Three page brief containing census data, overview of Federal Services for Native Americans, identifies challenges in Indian Country and provides statistics on Native American Youth. Resource Link: Fast Facts on Native American Youth in Indian Country Author: Center...
From the Editors: “The intersection of culture and child welfare practice has been considered and conceptualized in a number of ways, from cultural competence and institutional racism to disparity and disproportionality. Most often the discussion around culture...
Author Abstract: “The article discusses cultural permanence for Indigenous children and youth from the perspective of the executive director of Northwest Inter-Nation Family and Community Services (NIFCS), a delegated Aboriginal child welfare agency that serves...
Author Abstract: “This paper calls for creative pathways of engagement that delineate places of belonging for and with Indigenous youth in care. It draws on two community-based research studies conducted in British Columbia, with urban and off-reserve Indigenous...
