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Towards an understanding of Indigenous social work
Author/Creator
Gray, Mel;  Yellow Bird, Michael;  Coates, John
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description
The social work profession's involvement with Indigenous Peoples has frequently been viewed through the same lens as work with people outside these cultures. Not surprisingly, the social work literature views its work with Indigenous Peoples from cross-cultural, anti-oppressive or structural perspectives. Indigenous social work has arisen, by and large, as a response to the lack of effectiveness of Euro-American social work approaches and as part of broader efforts to develop effective relevant interventions with the understanding that a great many of the personal and social problems encountered are a direct consequence of around the World the decades of mistreatment and exploitation that have taken place under various government policies aimed at colonization.
Relation
Indigenous Social Work Around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice p. 49-58
Relation
Contemporary Social Work Studies
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http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=7052&edition_id=9706
Date
2008
Publisher
Ashgate
Keyword(s)
social work;  Indigenous;  profession;  cross-cultural studies;  colonialism
Resource Type
book chapter
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/804497
Identifier
ISBN:9780754648383
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