Walking together, working together : engaging wisdom for indigenous well-being
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 J62w
- Responsibility
- Edited by Leslie Main Johnson and Janelle Marie Baker
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Abstract
- This collection takes a holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness; traditional knowledge and intellectual property around medicinal plant knowledge; the role of diet and traditional foods in health promotion; culturally sensitive approaches to healing work with urban Indigenous populations; and integrating biomedicine, alternative therapies, and Indigenous healing in clinical practice. Throughout, the voices of Elders, healers, physicians, and scholars are in dialogue to promote Indigenous community well-being through collaboration. This book will be of interest to scholars in Indigenous Studies, medicine and public health, medical anthropology, and anyone involved with care delivery and public health in Indigenous communities. Contributors: Darlene Auger, Dorothy Badry, Margaret David, Meda DeWitt, Hal Eagletail, Gary L. Ferguson III, Marc Fonda, Annie Goose, Angela Grier (Pioohksoopanskii), Leslie Main Johnson, Allison Kelliher, Patrick Lightning, Mary Maje, Maria Mayan, Ruby E. Morgan, Richard T. Oster, Ann Maje Raider, Camille (Pablo) Russell, Ginetta Salvalaggio, Ellen L. Toth, Harry Watchmaker. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Building pathways to well-being and healing : an introduction: Working Together looking for pathways to well-being and healing / Leslie Main Johnson -- Spiritual pathway to health and balance / Harry Watchmaker -- Bringing traditional medicine into the medical system / Camille (Pablo) Russell and Hal Eagletail -- Traditional Indigenous model of health and well-being : how does the Western Physician Work Within this Paradigm? / Darlene Auger -- Healing journey, working for Kaska wellness / Mary Maje and Ann Maje Raider -- Dim Wila Dil dils'm, (the way we live :Gitxsan approaches to a comprehensive health plan, the Gitxsan Traditional Health Plan / Ruby E. Morgan, Luu Giss Yee -- Holistic and culturally based approaches to health promotion in Alaska native communities / Gary Ferguson, Meda DeWitt and Margaret David -- Southeast Tlingit rites of passage for women's puberty: a participatory action Approach / Meda DeWitt, Ts´a Tse´e Na´akw/Khaat Klla.at -- zHealth and healing on the edges of Canada : a photovoice project in Ulukhhaktok, N.T. / Dorothy Badry and Annie I. Goose -- Traditional knowledge: science, and protection / Marc Fonda -- Diabetes and culture : time to truly and sincerely listen to indigenous peoples / Richard T. Oster, Angela Grier, Rick Lightning, Maria J. Mayan, and Ellen L. Toth -- 'Here', 'Now,' and health research : developing shared priorities within scholarship / Ginetta Salvalaggio -- Nature is Medicine / Allison Kelliher -- Paths forward : Concluding Words / Leslie Main Johnson
- Notes
- Some chapters previously presented at conference Wisdom Engaged: Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being (University of Alberta, Edmonton, 2015).
- ISBN
- 9781772125375
- Accession Number
- P2023.14
- Call Number
- 07.2 J62w
- Collection
- Archives Library
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