Response to the Story of "Little Turtle" An Aotearoa/New Zealand Perspective

Abstract

This paper is prepared as a response to “Cultural Resilience in North American Indian First Nations: The Story of Little Turtle” by G. Brent Angell, Ph.D. published in issue one of the Critical Social Work. The response is a series of essay type response on various issues, which arise out of this paper. The key examples are: On Social Work On First Principles On New Zealand History On Being This Pakeha On Academic Knowledge. The paper is an attempt to generate discussion on first-nations issues and concerns between non-first-nations writers and thinkers. It is also an attempt to present a Aotearoa/New Zealand perspective on these issues and the nature of these issues in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand.