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A Decolonial Perspective on Indigenous Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Reclaiming Indigenous Ways for the Next Seven Generations
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Meenakshi Richardson; Cary Waubanascum; Sara F. Waters; Michelle Sarche – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2025
Indigenous lifeways, perspectives, and ways of knowing in the field of infant and early childhood mental health are underrepresented, especially given the inequitable and unjust prevalence of removal and separation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children from their families and communities by the child welfare system in the United…
Descriptors: Decolonization, Infants, Preschool Children, Indigenous Knowledge
Supervision in Tribal and State Child Welfare Agencies: Professionalization, Responsibilities, Training Needs, and Satisfaction.
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MacEachron, Ann E. – Child Welfare, 1994
Surveyed 49 state supervisors and 36 Native American supervisors of child welfare programs in Arizona. Found that, although both groups reported similar levels of supervisory professionalization and job satisfaction, they differed in their ethnicity, their supervisory tasks, and their training needs. Tribal supervisors reported having more…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indians, Child Welfare, Cultural Differences
E Pluribus Unum: Diverse Ideas from a Native American Perspective.
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Monette, Richard A. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1995
Contends that efforts to promote cultural diversity in higher education have brought students and teachers of diverse cultures into K-12 schools. Maintains that Native Americans seek tolerance and understanding of their cultural values. Discusses federal legislation related to Native Americans. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Cultural Differences
The Politics of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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Matheson, Lou – Social Work, 1996
Indian Child Welfare Act became federal law in order to prevent abuses of power by state agencies, courts, and church groups which disrupt Indian families by placing American Indian children in foster care in non-American Indian households. This article studies the impact of the law and discusses a case study of three American Indian children. (FC)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Child Welfare