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Western theory and practice are over-represented in child welfare services for Indigenous Peoples. ohpikinâwasowin/Growing a Child: Implementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing with Indigenous Families was written for people interested in learning about the iyiniw (First Peoples, people of the land) universe and how to integrate that knowledge to support iyiniw families whose lives are affected by child welfare. Child welfare for Indigenous Peoples must be informed and guided by Indigenous practices and understandings. Privileging the iyiniw universe leads to reinvigorating traditional knowledges, practices and ceremonies related to children and families that have existed for centuries.

The chapters of this book describe wisdom-seeking journeys and service-provision changes that occurred in Treaty 6, Treaty 7 and Treaty 8 Territories on Turtle Island. Many of the teachings are nehiyaw (Cree), and some are from the Blackfoot and Métis Peoples. Taken together, the chapters follow the Turtle Lodge Teachings, which express the stages of human development from the nehiyaw perspective. The collection offers decolonized alternatives for Canada's current child welfare system."--Back cover. 

xiii, 272 pages ; 23 cm. 

Contents:
Introduction: Entering the Circle / Leona Makokis, Ralph Bodor, Avery Calhoun, and Stephanie Tyler iyiniw tâpwêwin êkwa kiskeyitamowin / Leona Makokis, Ralph Bodor, Stephanie Tyler, Amanda McLellan, Ariel Veldhuisen, Kristina Kopp, Suzanne McLeod and Sharon Goulet --
miiyâwata. Family Teachings on Turtle Island / Carolyn Barker --
kayiwatisi. Indigenous Program Indicators / Carol Turner and Ralph Bodor --
ayahpatisi. Practice as Ceremony / Amber Dion, Stephanie Tyler, Christie Pace, and Karen Delver --
tâpwêwin. Foundations of wîcihitâsowin / Angie Pinder and Avery Calhoun --
kîseyitamowin. miyo ohpikinâwasowin: Igniting Spiritual Fires / Kristina Kopp, Caleb Anacker, Angie Pinder, and Bonda Thompson --
ayawâwasowin. pe kîwe Come Home: Indigenous Adoptee Re-Connection with Self, Family and Community / Fran Kuefler Jose and Judy McRee --
kakehtawewin. Bringing Ceremony Home: An Inaugural kiskinohamâkewin / Stephanie Tyler and Avery Calhoun --
Conclusion: Closing the Circle --
wesakechahk and the Origin and Butterflies --
Glossary: English Meaning and Pronunciation of nehiyaw Words --
Glossary: English Meaning of nehiyaw Kinship Terms.

Includes bibliographical references and index.