Kunuwanimano means "keeping our own" : Keeping our own

Introduction Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services is reclaiming the strength, dignity and proud heritage of the First Nations people and culture subjected to decades of systematic denigration through assimilationist education and child welfare policies and practice1. [...] Procedure Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services was the first agency to respond to the Call for Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare Management and Governance placed by the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. [...] The Aboriginal family system and the potential of many strengths and resources present within the communities to effect change in the quality and scope of the supportive social services offered are important constituents of this practice. [...] Instead, the worker is a resource and a source of assistance and support – the process is a shared journey, a partnership between the worker and the party seeking assistance. [...] The authors discuss the centrality of cultural identity in self-perception, particularly among those who do not identify with the dominant culture, and the association of the loss of self-identity and self-worth with difficulties in coping.