title: The role of families in youth sport programming in a Canadian aboriginal reserve.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There has been a recent push in the sport psychology literature for sport participants to be approached based on their cultural backgrounds. However, there are few examples where a cultural approach is considered, such as a culturally reflexive version of participatory action research (PAR). In the current study, the role of family is considered in relation to the sport engagement of Canadian Aboriginal youth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mainstream researchers teamed with coresearchers from the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve for 5 years. Community meetings and talking circles were employed as culturally sensitive data collection techniques to uncover how to encourage youth participation in Wikwemikong's sport programs. The overarching methodology for the project is PAR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Themes and subthemes were determined by community consensus with terms indigenous (ie, culturally relevant) among the local Aboriginal culture. Family was considered important for youth involvement in Aboriginal community sport programs. Parents were expected to support their children by managing schedules and priorities, providing transportation, financial support, encouragement, and being committed to the child's activity. Aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, grandparents, and the family as a whole were seen as sharing the responsibility to retain youth in sport through collateral support (ie, when gaps in parental support arose).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suggestions are proposed regarding how families in Aboriginal communities can collaborate to facilitate sport and physical activity among their youth. Further suggestions are proposed for researchers engaging in culturally reflexive research with participants and coresearchers from oppressed cultures.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Kinetics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schinke
authors.forename: Hope
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yungblut
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blodgett
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eys
authors.forename: Duke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peltier
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Recollet-Saikkonen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000367:Age Factors; D002170:Canada; D054521:Cultural Competency; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D044382:Population Groups; D016730:Program Development; D036301:Qualitative Research; D040241:Social Marketing; D013177:Sports; D013637:Tape Recording; D035502:Trust