List of Figures and Tables ix // Notes on Contributors xi // Preface xix // Acknowledgments xxiii // Structure of the Book xxv // Introduction - Mel Gray, John Coates and Michael Yellow Bird 1 // PART I ‘INDIGENIZATION’ AS AN OUTMODED CONCEPT // 1 From ‘Indigenization’ to Cultural Relevance - Mel Gray and John Coates 13 // 2 Promoting Reciprocal International Social Work Exchanges: Professional Imperialism Revisited - James Midgley 31 // PART 2 INDIGENOUS SOCIAL WORK: A JUST CAUSE // 3 Towards an Understanding of Indigenous Social Work - Mel Gray, Michael Yellow Bird and John Coates 49 // 4 Indigenous People and the Language of Social Work - Michael Yellow Bird and Mel Gray 59 // 5 Indigenous Social Work in the United States: Reflections on Indian Tacos. Trojan Horses and Canoes Filled with Indigenous Revolutionaries - Hilary N. Weaver 71 // 6 Decolonizing Social Work in Australia: Prospect or Illusion - Linda Briskman // PART 3 TOWARDS CULTURALLY RELEVANT SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE // The Development of Culturally Appropriate Social Work Practice in Sarawak, Malaysia - Ling How Kee 97 // The Past, the Present and the Future: The New Zealand Indigenous Experience of Social Work - Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata 107 // Tongan Social Work Practice - Trade Mafile’o 117 // Critical Reflections on an Aboriginal Approach to Helping - Michael Anthony Hart 129 // Home-made Social Work: The Two-way Transfer of Social Work Practice Knowledge between India and the USA - Jayashree Nimmagadda and Diane R. Martell 141 // Localizing Social Work with Bedouin-Arab Communities in Israel: Limitations and Possibilities - Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham 153 // PART 4 CULTURALLY RELEVANT SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION // Reconfiguring ‘Chineseness’ in the International // Discourse on Social Work in China - Rick Sin 165 //
A Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with One Step: The Development of Culturally Relevant Social Work Education and Fieldwork Practice in China - Angelina Yuen-Tsang and Ben Ku 177 // Re-envisioning Indigenization: When Bentuhuade and Bentude Social Work Intersect in China - Miu Chung Yan and A Ka Tat Tsang 191 // Developing Culturally Relevant Social Work Education in Africa: The Case of Botswana - Kwaku Osei-Hwedie and Morena J. Rankopo 203 // 17 Missing the ‘Flight from Responsibility’: Tales from a Non-Indigenous Educator Pursuing Spaces for Social Work Education Relevant to Indigenous Australians - Susan Gain 219 // 18 Picking Up What was Left by the Trail: The Emerging Spirit of Aboriginal Education in Canada - Gord Bruyere 231 // 19 Indigenous Social Work Education: A Project for All of Us? - Erika Faith 245 // 20 Hearing Indigenous and Local Voices in Mainstream Social Work - Mel Gray, John Coates and Tiani Hetherington 257 // 21 Conclusion - Mel Gray and John Coates 271 // Postscript Terms of Endearment: A Brief Dictionary for Decolonizing Social Work with Indigenous Peoples - Michael Yellow Bird 275 // References // Index