Contents: Preface; Introduction, Mel Gray, John Coates and Michael Yellow Bird; Part1 'Indigenization' as an Outmoded Concept: From 'indigenization' to cultural relevance, Mel Gray and John Coates; Promoting reciprocal international social work exchanges: professional imperialism revisited, James Midgley. Part 2 Indigenous Social Work: A Just Cause: Towards an understanding of indigenous social work, Mel Gray, Michael Yellow Bird and John Coates; Indigenous people and the language of social work, Michael Yellow Bird and Mel Gray; Indigenous social work in the United States: reflections on Indian tacos, Trojan horses, and canoes filled with indigenous revolutionaries, Hilary N. Weaver; Decolonizing social work in Australia: prospect or illusion, Linda Briskman. Part 3 Towards Culturally Relevant Social Work Practice: The development of culturally appropriate social work practice in Sarawak, Malaysia, Ling How Kee; The past, the present and the future: the New Zealand indigenous experience of social work, Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata; Tongan social work practice, Tracie Mafile'o; Critical reflections on an Aboriginal; approach to helping, Michael Anthony Hart; Homemade social work: the 2-way transfer of social work practice knowledge between India and the USA, Jayashree Nimmagadda and Diane R. Martell; Localizing social work with Bedouin-Arab communities in Israel: limitations and possibilities, Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham. Part 4 Culturally Relevant Social Work Education: Reconfiguring 'Chineseness' in the international discourse on social work in China, Rick Sin; A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step: the development of culturally relevant social work education and fieldwork practice in China, Angelina Yuen-Tsang and Ben Ku; Re-envisioning indigenization: when bentuhuade and bentude social work intersect in China, Miu Chung Yan and A Ka Tat Tsang; Developing culturally relevant social work education in Africa: the case of Botswana, Kwaku Osei-Hwedie and Morena J. Rankopo; Missing the 'flight from responsibility': tales from a non-indigenous educator pursuing spaces for social work education relevant to indigenous Australians, Susan Gair; Picking up what was left by the trail: the emerging spirit of Aboriginal education in Canada, Gord Bruyere; Indigenous social work education: a project for all of us?, Erika Faith; Hearing indigenous and local voices in mainstream social work, Mel Gray, John Coates and Tiani Hetherington; Conclusion, Mel Gray and John Coates; Postscript: terms of endearment: a brief dictionary for decolonizing social work with indigenous peoples, Michael Yellow Bird; References; Index.