Family Group Conferencing: An Indigenous Practice Approach to Compliance With the Indian Child Welfare Act

Drywater-Whitekiller, Virginia

doi:10.1080/15548732.2014.907102

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“…This article seeks to reveal and highlight indigenous family involvement in decision-making within social service provision and child welfare in Montana. Internationaly, researchers advocate that family and community involvement is relevant for social work in indigenous communities (Belone et al, 2002;Drywater-Whitekiller, 2014;Gray et al, 2007;Henriksen, 2004;Herzberg, 2013;O'Neill & Gonzalez, 2014;Stewart, 2008). Throughout history, social work has contributed to the colonization and oppression of indigenous people, by removing children from their families (Godinet et al, 2010;Jones, 1995;Shamini et al, 2015;Sullivan & Walters, 2011), lack of culturally informed services (Herring et al, 2013;Lawler et al, 2012), and colonial structures undermining indigenous peoples access to and control over their social and physical health (de Leeuw et al, 2010;Lawrence, 2000).…”

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Native American social work – Including family and community

Swanson

Nygård

Saus

2021

Journal of Social Work

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Summary This study investigates family involvement and culturally informed social work in Native American communities. The study was conducted in Native American communities in Montana, USA. Twenty-three Native American social work professionals participated in qualitative interviews. Analyses draw on theory of historical trauma and family involvement in indigenous social. Throughout the study, indigenous methodology has been a central principle. Findings Among social workers, there is a common understanding that social work should involve family and community if it is to be culturally informed. Social work professionals talk of family involvement in indigenous social work as “common sense.” For the Native American social work professionals interviewed, the following tenets are all “common sense”: (1) family and community belonging are important aspects of Native American culture; 2) oppression and colonization had a negative impact on family, community, and tribal relations; and (3) social work has an obligation to restore family, community, and tribal relations. Application Social work has a responsibility to connect culture, trauma, and the resolution of trauma. Furthermore, family and community involvement plays a core part in restoration and resilience processes, healing historical trauma caused by the colonization. Hence, in order to provide culturally competent care, social work practices serving Native American clients should involve family and community. Mainstream social work does not sufficiently build on family involvement as an ideological foundation for qualitatively good social work. We argue that social work curricula impacting Native clients could benefit from the experience and knowledge of these Native American social workers.

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Native American social work – Including family and community

Swanson

Nygård

Saus

2021

Journal of Social Work

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“…Familieråd har si oppringing i eit urfolk sine tradisjonar, og modellen har blitt intendert implementert til bruk i andre urfolkssamfunn (Ban, 2005;Drywater-Whitekiller, 2014;Gilbert, 2013;Henriksen, 2004b;Hill, 2005;Holkup, Salois, Tripp-Reimer, & Weinert, 2007;Marcynyszyn et al, 2012). Norske myndigheter har hatt ein intensjon om å implementere denne modellen til bruk i sosialt arbeid i samiske samfunn, blant anna er den oversett til samisk (Bufdir, 2013).…”

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Familieråd – metodetilpassing til samisk sosialtarbeid

Nygård¹,

Saus²

2020

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I denne artikkelen diskutera vi tilpassing av familieråd til ein samisk kontekst. Studien bygg på intervju med sosialarbeidarar i samiske områder. Vi finn at familierådsmodellen sitt teoretiske grunnlag bør tematisere samisk storfamilie, samiske kommunikasjonsformer, samiske ideal for barnet si deltaking og familierådskoordinator sin lokale tilknyting. Det teoretiske grunnlaget må diskutere at lokalsamfunn, familiar og enkeltindivid har ulike samisk identitetar. Det teoretiske grunnlaget bør vidare sjå familieinvolvering i relasjon til fornorsking av det samiske folk og korleis dette kan påverke samspelet innanfor ein familie samt mellom familiar og hjelpeapparat.

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“…Bennett, Zubrzycki, & Bacon, 2011;Hart, 2010;Herring, Spangaro, Lauw, & McNamara, 2013;Järvensivu, Pohjola, & Romakkaniemi, 2016;Weaver, 2004). Involvement of community, network, kin, and family have been advocated as important aspects for adjusting social work towards culturally adequacy in indigenous communities (Belone, Gonzalez-Santin, Gustavsson, MacEachron, & Perry, 2002;Drywater-Whitekiller, 2014;Gray, Coates, & Hetherington, 2007;Henriksen, 2004aHenriksen, , 2004bHerzberg, 2013;O'Neill & Gonzalez, 2014;Stewart, 2008).…”

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“…There is an over-representation of children with indigenous heritage, African American children, and minority children in the child welfare services worldwide. Minority children are placed more frequently in out-of-home care than majority children (Crampton & Jackson, 2007;Drywater-Whitekiller, 2014;Godinet et al, 2010).…”

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Is Family Group Conferencing a Culturally Adequate Method outside the Origin of New Zealand? A Systematic Review

Nygård¹,

Saus²

2019

SWSSR

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It is generally assumed that Family Group Conference (FGC) is a culturally adequate method for social work in indigenous communities. In this meta-synthesis, we question this assumption. Through systematic and strategic searches, we explored the existing trends of FGC research in indigenous contexts. We have included 26 articles are included in the literature review. Our analyses reveal that there is a tendency towards taking the cultural adequacy of FGC for granted. A few researchers question these assumptions, and debate tokenism and colonialism in social work. We argue that implementing FGC in new communities requires foundation in local, cultural context.

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Family Group Conferencing: An Indigenous Practice Approach to Compliance With the Indian Child Welfare Act

Cited by 9 publications

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Native American social work – Including family and community

Native American social work – Including family and community

Familieråd – metodetilpassing til samisk sosialtarbeid

Is Family Group Conferencing a Culturally Adequate Method outside the Origin of New Zealand? A Systematic Review

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