Social Issues in Contemporary Native America

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-Rene 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 Gonzalez, Edwin Gonzalez-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;