Preventing Child Maltreatment in the U.S.: American Indian and Alaska Native Perspectives

ROYLEEN J. ROSS, JULII M. GREEN, AND MILTON A. FUENTES

“A thoughtful read on the history of child maltreatment. Origin stories are important, and this book presents a native perspective that shifts the questions of how, what, and why from individual families to the broader perspective of nation building that degraded and, in many ways, eliminated support networks and destroyed tribal identity for many children. This book clearly illustrates these heartbreaking outcomes while also giving hope by restoring the origin stories of identity and reclaiming lost children.”

—Dolores Subia BigFoot, Presidential Professor and Director of the Indian Country Child Trauma Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

This book embraces a decolonizing praxis that emphasizes a broader understanding of Native American/Alaska Native child maltreatment and utilizes an Indigenous-feminist lens to conceptualize, treat, intervene, and promote wellness.

ROYLEEN J. ROSS is tribally enrolled at the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico.

JULII M. GREEN is an associate professor in the clinical psychology PsyD department at CSPP/AIU-San Diego.

MILTON A. FUENTES is a professor of psychology at Montclair State University in New Jersey and a licensed psychologist in New Jersey and New York.

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