Culturally Restorative Child Welfare Practice: A Special Emphasis on Cultural Attachment Theory

• Published in: First Peoples Child & Family Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal Honouring the Voices, Perspectives, and Knowledges of First Peoples
• Main Author: Simard, Estelle
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada 2019
• Subjects: cultural attachment theory; culturally restorative practices; Anishinaabe; anishina*; First Nations
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1071287ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1071287ar

A research project was implemented through the use of qualitative secondary data analysis to describe a theory of culturally restorative child welfare practice with the application of cultural attachment theory. The research documented 20 years of service practice that promoted Anishinaabe cultural identity and cultural attachment strategies by fostering the natural cultural resiliencies that exist within the Anishinaabe nation. The research brings a suggested methodology to child welfare services for First Nations children; the greater the application of cultural attachment strategies the greater the response to cultural restoration processes within a First Nations community.