Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities

Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities draws together varying analyses of some of the current issues that highlight the impact of inequality and poverty of resources and opportunities for American Indian Communities. In this insightful volume, three women share their reflections on and experiences with inequality. They demonstrate how injustice permeates all aspects of their lives, from day-to-day tasks to the fulfillment of long-term goals.

A much-needed, indispensable volume for anyone involved in the social services or human services field, Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities supplies you with vital information that will assist you in offering culturally sensitive services to your clients. You will gain a new perspective from the blending of traditional academic research with the voices of those most intimately affected. From Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities, you will learn proven methods that will help you offer successful and effective services to your Native American clients.

Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities reveals the stark realities facing American Indian people today. Through this compelling book you will gain new insight into the challenges presented to Native Americans and how to help your clients face these challenges by:

• learning how to assist American Indian families through an increased understanding of the new time-limited welfare assistance that generally only impacts them if they live off the reservation
• examining how poverty and a lack of infrastructure and social services exacerbates the problems Navajo women face when leaving violence in their homes
• using the positive power of language through case examples of American Indian women to understand how stories and their implications change significantly depending on if they are interpreted from a deficit or strength perspective

From the information in Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities, you will gain new insight into specific problems facing American Indian people, including welfare reform’s devastating effects on American Indians trying live off the reservation and the impact of reservation isolation on domestic violence. The information in Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities will help you provide culturally sensitive services to Native Americans and assist them in increasing their quality of life.