Understanding and Countering Racism with First Nations Children in Out-of-Home Care

Child Welfare

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 709-725

  Palmer, Sally ^a   Cooke, Walter ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cree/Ojibway Nation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

ACCULTURATION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0030293372     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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