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 promoting care delivery and public health in Indigenous communities.
Contributors: Darlene P. Auger; Dorothy Badry; Janelle Marie Baker; Margaret David; Meda DeWitt; Hal Eagletail; Gary L. Ferguson; Marc Fonda; Annie I. Goose; Angela Grier; Leslie Main Johnson; Allison Kelliher; Rick Lightning; Mary Maje; Ann Maje Raider; Maria J. Mayan; Ruby E. Morgan, Luu Giss Yee; Richard T. Oster; Camille (Pablo) Russell; Ginetta Salvalaggio; Ellen L. Toth; Harry Watchmaker
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- Pages
- 272
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- Edmonton, CA
Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Preface | Baker 10
- Acknowledgements 12
- 1 Building Pathways to Well-Being and Healing | Johnson 14
- 2 Spiritual Pathway to Health and Balance | Watchmaker 36
- 3 Bringing Traditional Medicine into the Medical System | Russell & Eagletail 42
- 4 The Traditional Indigenous Model of Health and Well-Being | Auger 52
- 5 The Healing Journey | Maje & Maje Raider 60
- 6 Dim Wila Dil dils’m (The Way We Live) | Morgan & Yee 76
- 7 Holistic and Culturally Based Approaches to Health Promotion in Alaska Native Communities | Ferguson, DeWitt & David 110
- 8 Southeast Tlingit Rites of Passage for Women’s Puberty | DeWitt 130
- 9 Health and Healing on the Edges of Canada | Badry & Goose 168
- 10 Traditional Knowledge, Science, and Protection | Fonda 196
- 11 Diabetes and Culture | Oster, Grier, Lightning, Mayan & Toth 220
- 12 “Here,” “Now,” and Health Research | Salvalaggio 244
- 13 Nature Is Medicine | Kelliher 264
- 14 Paths Forward | Johnson 302
- Contributors 308