American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 511-519
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Author discusses Indigenous medical practices; lists some maladies that were effectively treated using Indigenous medicine and notes those diseases brought from Europe for which Indigenous peoples had no treatment.
Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 8, no. 5, 1985, pp. 439-458
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Focuses on contemporary women artists and writers and how their artistic creations have played a role in the healing process for themselves and others.
File contains a presentation by Abe Okpik. Okpik discusses the significance of midwifery to the Inuit people, and on Baffin Island in particular. He also discusses traditional knowledge and its importance in contemporary midwifery. Following the presentation are some comments on it by Commissioners Mary Sillet and Rene Dussault.
File contains a presentation by Anne Rochon Ford, Vicki Ann Wagner, Interim Regulatory Council on Midwifery. The two presenters discuss their organization (funded by the province of Ontario), their work with Aboriginal peoples, jurisdictional issues, the loss of the traditional Aboriginal midwife in Aboriginal society, the desire to incorporate new practices with old, and related issues. They also discuss community birthing centres so that midwifes could be both trained and utilized in a culturally appropriate setting.
File contains a presentation by Johnny Epoo, Avataq Cultural Institute. Epoo discusses his organization which was founded in 1981 and its relation to both archaeology in the area and the preservation of the Inuit language. Epoo complains of the extraction of northern artifacts to the south, and a lack of funding for basic operations of his organization. Epoo also discusses traditional Inuit medicine and his organizations efforts to catalogue these techniques.
File contains a presentation by Mary Jane Litchard, Baleen Artist. Litchard, an Inuit-Comanche woman from Alaska, discusses her experiences in Canada and issues with the international border, her difficulties transporting the Baleen she works on as a medium across boundaries, language issues, midwifery, tuberculosis and other health issues, prejudice, and the value of community counselling and healing services. Following the presentation is a conversation between Litchard and Commissioners Dussault and Sillet on some of the issues raised.
File contains a presentation by Rose Dufour, Department of Community Health, Laval University Hospital. Dufour delivers a presentation entitled "Intercultural Encounters: Health professionals and the Inuit clientèle." Dufour discusses different cultural perspectives on health and suggests some approaches to reconcile them in a community approach to health. Following her presentation the assembled Commissioners engage Dufour in a discussion on some of the issues raised.
File contains a presentation by T'mas Young of the Micmac AIDS Task Force. Young makes a wide array of recommendations to the Commission related to Aboriginal AIDS awareness and treatment. Following the presentation Commissioners Erasmus, Robinson, and Morris, thank Young and discuss some of the issues raised with him.
File contains a presentation by Violet Monday, Wife of the Chief Councillor of the Ucluelet First Nation for Health Affairs. Monday reads a presentation compiled by the First Nations' family care worker and health worker for the Commission.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 193-200
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Analysis of three children's books by non-Inuit writers assessing the appropriateness of their depiction of this Inuit theme correctly. Concludes "Western literary traditions may preclude any proper presentation of another culture."