Honouring the Veterans
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Saskatchewan Indian, fall, 1995, p. 9
Description
First Nations Veterans of the Second World War honoured at a ceremony in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Discusses using the experience and reflections of long-term Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS to create culturally sensitive support and interventions for patients.
Includes text and images.
A series of paintings and text written by the artist narrate pieces of her father’s story, and through the narrative offer a comparison of Dene and Western world-views and understandings of well-being. Journal has reversed the text of the third and fourth paintings.
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