Dissertation
MY STORY, YOUR STORY, OUR STORY: GRIEF AND LOSS OF A CHILD IN A TRIBAL COMMUNITY
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/117591
Abstract
MY STORY, YOUR STORY, OUR STORY: GRIEF AND LOSS
OF A CHILD IN A TRIBAL COMMUNITY
Abstract
By Leslie Lyn Randall, Ph.D.
Washington State University
April 2018
Chair: Janet R. Katz
This study explored death, loss, and grief among the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) Tribe through the stories and narratives of tribal parents who have lost a child. Parents discussed historic events to illustrate cultural contexts affecting their death and grief experiences. The research question for this study was: What is death, loss and grief among the Nez Perce Tribe (Nimiipuu) as depicted through the stories and narratives of tribal parents who have lost a child and what helped/helps them with this loss? Aim 1: Describe death, loss, and grief from the stories and personal narratives of enrolled Nez Perce parents who have lost a child. Aim 2: Identify culturally safe nursing interventions to help parents who have experienced the loss of a child. The study used Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN) (Nash, 2004) through personal narrative stories, writing, and interviewing. Indigenous/Indigenist theory/methodology, the medicine wheel, and cultural safety form the framework within which the researcher heard, recorded, and analyzed participants’ personal narrative, oral history, and storytelling (Doutrich, Arcus, Dekker, Spuck, & Pollock-Robinson, 2012; Flemmer, Doutrich, Dekker, & Rondeau, 2012; Hodge, Maliski, Cadogan, Itty, & Cardoza, 2010; Nash, 2014; Nash & Viray, 2014; Kovach, 2010; Struthers & Peden-McAlpine, 2005; Wilson, 2008). Parent participants had the opportunity to review the interview transcript for completeness and accuracy three times. Recommendations for nursing were recorded and presented back to both the parents and the Elders Circle for their review and approval.
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- Title
- MY STORY, YOUR STORY, OUR STORY: GRIEF AND LOSS OF A CHILD IN A TRIBAL COMMUNITY
- Creators
- Leslie Lyn Randall
- Contributors
- Janet R Katz (Advisor)Dawn L Doutrich (Committee Member)Carrie Holliday (Committee Member)Roberta Paul (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 182
- Identifiers
- 99900581509801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation