Ethnographic Perspectives on Laxyuup Gitxaała
Theses
Author/Creator
Jonathan William Irons
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, (Vancouver), 2012.
Examines available data and literature in two major urban centers to describe overall health conditions and provide an overview of issues affecting services offered.
Looks at a vigil held on the National Day of Remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.
Identifies ways of incorporating Gitxsan knowledge of dementia to help nurses incorporate more culturally safe practices to deal with Indigenous elderly patients in British Columbia.