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Reclaiming Connections : Understanding Residential School Trauma Among Aboriginal People: A Resource Manual
Reclaiming Connections: Understanding Residential School Trauma Among Aboriginal People: A Resource Manual

Reclaiming Connections : Understanding Residential School Trauma Among Aboriginal People: A Resource Manual
Aboriginal Healing Foundation

2005
Book > Non-Fiction
Creators
Chansonneuve, Deborah
Contributors
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Description
"This manual was created as a learning and reference tool for groups and organizations providing services to Aboriginal people. Its focus is trauma recovery for Survivors of residential school abuse, as well as for their descendants who suffer the intergenerational impacts. It is designed to serve two purposes. First, it provides a culture-based approach to trauma recovery in the context of residential school abuse for frontline workers. Secondly, it is an educational tool to raise awareness of Aboriginal culture and history in Canada" (Reclaiming Connections : Understanding Residential School Trauma Among Aboriginal People: A Resource Manual , pg. 5).
Language
English

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Holding Library
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
ISBN
097366472X; 0973664738
Statement of Responsibility
prepared for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation by Deborah Chansonneuve.
Publication Information
Ottawa : Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Physical Description
1 online resource (95 pages)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series.  
Also issued in French under the title: Retisser non liens: Comprendre les traumatismes vécus dans la pensionnats indiens par les Autochtones. 
Also available in print format. 
 
Contents
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- A Snapshot of Life Prior to Contact and Colonization -- Section I: Pre-Contact History -- Section II: Residential Schools -- Section III: What is Trauma? -- Section IV: Healing is Sacred Stories, Dreams, Dance, Drum, and Ceremony -- Section V: Impacts of Trauma on Workers -- Appendix A: Fact Sheets -- Appendix B: Aboriginal Healing Models -- Appendix C: Annotated Bibliography -- References. 
Electronic Location and Access
Full text available here (authentication may be required)
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