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Aboriginal Healing: Regaining Balance and Culture
Linda M. Hunter, Jo Logan, Jean-Guy Goulet, Sylvia Barton Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 2006, pp. 13-22. Study examines how tradition can address health issues and explores the link between traditional methods and holism in nursing. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
American Indian Breastfeeding Attitudes and Practices in Minnesota
Kristine L. Rhodes, Wendy L. Hellerstedt, Cynthia S. Davey, Phyllis L. Pirie, Kathleen A. Daly Maternal and Child Health Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, Supplement, July 2008, pp. S46-S54. Study conducted 1998-2001 interviewed women prenatally and 6-months port-partum concluded that health care workers should encourage social support, recognition of perceived health, emphasis on benefits and traditional health practices. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 5, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
An Analysis of the Food Plants and Drug Plants of Native North America
Daniel E. Moerman Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol. 52, No. 1, May 1996, p. 1. Compares the medicinal and food floras of the Native peoples of North America. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Antifungal Activity of Extracts From Medical Plants Used By First Nations People of Eastern Canada
N. P. Jones, J. T. Arnason, M. Abou-Zaid, K. Akpagana, P. Sanchez-Vindas, M. L. Smith Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol. 73, No. 1-2, November 2000, pp. 191-198. Tests conducted on 18 eastern Canadian and 8 tropical plants demonstrated that medicinal knowledge of First Nations peoples is based on measurable efficacy. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Antioxidant Activity in Medicinal Plants Associated With the Symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus Used by the Indigenous Peoples of the North American Boreal Forest
Letitia M. McCune, Timothy Johns Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol. 82, No. 2-3, October 2002, pp. 197-205. Study findings indicate that the majority of the plants selected had properties to support the historically low incidence of diabetes. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Botanical Identification of Northwest Coast Tobacco
Robert F. Heizer American Anthropologist, Vol. 42, No. 4, Part 1, New Series, October-December 1940, pp. 704-706. Describes efforts to identify the plant chewed with lime by the Haida and Tlingit. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Brain-Hemispheric Functions and the Native American
Allen Chuck Ross Journal of American Indian Education, Special, August 1989, pp. 72-76. Author states traditional Native Americans are right hemisphere dominant, while the education system is oriented to the left brain. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Carrier Herbal Medicine: Traditional and Contemporary Plant Use
E. M. Ritch-Krc, S. Thomas, N. J. Turner, G. H. N. Towers Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol. 52, No. 2, June 1996, pp. 85-94. Field study based on interviews and information sessions aimed at gathering information about the use of medicinal plants by the Carrier people of northcentral British Columbia. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Cherokee Adaptation to the Landscape of the West and Overcoming the Loss of Culturally Significant Plants
R. Alfred Vick American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 394-417. Discusses the loss and recovery of traditional uses of plants to revitalize the knowledge and appreciation of cultural practices. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Disease and the Indian
Jas. G. Townsend Scientific Monthly, Vol. 47, No. 6, December 1938, pp. 479-495. Traditional curing methods practised before introduction of western medicine. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Don Cardinal: Cardinal Dedicated His Life to Helping Aboriginal People in Need of Healing
Dianne Meili Windspeaker, Vol. 26, No. 4, July 2008, p. 26. Biography of Alberta Cree Elder widely known for his famous sons, Lorne and Lewis Cardinal. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Earth is Our Mother
John Mohawk New York State Conservationist, Vol. 49, No. 4, February 1995, pp. 4-[?]. Seneca Iroquois relationships with plants. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Efficacy of Traditional Medicine: Current Theoretical and Methodological Issues
James B. Waldram Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4, December 2000, pp. 603-625. Examines the debate over the validity of traditional practises in the treatment of disease. [Find offline items for Waldram, James] More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Environmental Ethics: Finding a Moral Compass for Human-Plant Interaction
Sara L. Warber, Michael D. Fetters, Peter B. Kaufman Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Vol. 9, No. 2, March-April 2003, pp. 100-105. Ethical principles of gathering plants, from an Indigenous healer 's perspective, with emphasis on respect, purpose, stewardship, and regeneration. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Ethnological Notes on the Ojibwa of Southeastern Ontario
Paul Radin American Anthropologist, Vol. 30, No. 4, New Series, October-December 1928, pp. 659-668. Brief early 20th century survey of customs regarding children, marriage, death, medicines, hunting, fishing and preparation of food. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Female Shooting Life Chant; A Minor Navaho Ceremony
Leland C. Wyman American Anthropologist, Vol. 38, No. 4, New Series, October-December 1936, pp. 634-653. Description of a summer healing chant performed to cure illness. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Hallucinogenic Drugs and Plants in Psychotherapy and Shamanism
Ralph Metzner Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Vol. 30, No. 4, Therapeutic Use of Hallucinogens, October-December 1998, pp. 333-341. Discusses four perspectives of psychotherapy; the western paradigm, the shamanic rituals of divination, folk religious ceremonies and "hybrid" rituals. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Healing and Conversion: Medical Evangelism in James Bay Cree Society
Ronald Niezen Ethnohistory, Vol. 44, No. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 463-491. Draws parallels between biomedicine and evangelical religion and traces its dissemination in three distinct phases. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Health Care in North Must Acknowledge Inuit Values, Traditional Medicine
CMAJ, Vol. 155, No. 11, December 1996, pp. 1613-1614. Argues that contemporary medical treatment must integrate traditional culture and practices. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Identity, Cultural Values, and American Indians' Perceptions of Science and Technology
Keith James American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2006, pp. 45-58. Comments on the need to address problems and possibilities faced by Native American communities by using technological and scientific expertise. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
"Ignorant of Any Rational Method": European Assessment of Indigenous Healing Practices in North America
Walter J. Vanast Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1996, pp. 57-69. Argues that most Europeans failed to recognize the value of traditional healing. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
"The Importance of a Rose": Evaluating the Cultural Significance of Plants in Thompson and Lillooet Interior Salish
Nancy J. Turner American Anthropologist, Vol. 90, No. 2, New Series, June 1988, pp. 272-290. Using ethnobotanical data gathered from two groups in British Columbia, an index was developed to measure the cultural significance a given plant taxon. Discusses importance of such knowledge to the language. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Importance of Rhythm in Songs for the Treatment of the Sick by American Indians
Frances Densmore The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 79, No. 2, August 1954, pp. 109-112. Curative power of rhythm. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Indigenous Populations Healing Traditions: Culture, Community and Mental Health Promotion with Canadian Aboriginal Peoples
Laurence Kirmayer, Cori Simpson, Margaret Cargo Australasian Psychiatry, Vol. 11, Supplement, October 2003, p. 15. Article attempts to identify issues and concepts to guide in developing culturally appropriate mental health strategies; argues the mental health problems have social origins that require social and political solutions. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Information Technology as a Tool to Improve the Quality of American Indian Health Care
Thomas D. Sequist, John Z. Ayanian American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 95, No. 12, December 2005, pp. 2173-2179. Discussion of how the Indian Health Service (IHS) can improve health care by using information technology such as electronic health records to improve health care. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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