Papers by Christine J Miskonoodinkwe-Smith
of the Europeans (or colonization as it is widely known) Aboriginal families and communities care... more of the Europeans (or colonization as it is widely known) Aboriginal families and communities cared for their children in accordance with their cultural practices, laws and traditions. The existence and continuity of customary care traditions in Canada have been documented in a number of court cases, as well as in research, which, for example, provides and demonstrates that First Nations communities rely on grandparents and extended family as primary caregivers of children more than any other cultural group in Canada. This paper will look at the evolution of how First Nations communities moved from having their own systems of care for their children, to how the government's, assimilationist policies took the care and control away from them through the residential school system, and the Sixties Scoop program, and how ultimately settler colonialism has played a major role in how First Nations people are perceived as dysfunctional today.
This paper will examine how the government plays a role in how the individual and disability are ... more This paper will examine how the government plays a role in how the individual and disability are defined. From personal experience in the disability system, it places an individual into the " sick role " and makes them unfit by mainstream societal standards.
First Nations peoples have a particular understanding of the ways in which the world has come int... more First Nations peoples have a particular understanding of the ways in which the world has come into being, and the ways they have come into being as a people. This particular knowledge is often conveyed in the context of stories, myths and legends. In this paper my focus will be on the distinct difference between how history and story is relayed from an Aboriginal viewpoint in comparison to how it is relayed by a non-Aboriginal viewpoint.
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Papers by Christine J Miskonoodinkwe-Smith
Book Reviews by Christine J Miskonoodinkwe-Smith