Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Documentary looks at treatment centre in St. Albert, Albert, the despair of addiction as well as the strength, courage and healing that takes place.
Duration: 29.27.
Psychotherapy and Traditional Healing for American Indians: Exploring the the Prospects for Therapeutic Integration
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
The Counseling Psychologist, vol. 38, no. 2, 2010, pp. 166-235
Description
Compares Gros Ventre healing tradition and Eduardo Duran's culture-specific psychotherapy for American Indians.
Recruiting and Retention Concerns Health Care Team
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hansford
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 22
Description
Explores problems some Aboriginal communities have recruiting and retaining health care professionals.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.
Respecting Traditional Healing: A Journey of Understanding Where Spirituality and Cultural Competence Intersect
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia Isaac
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xlvi-xlvii
Description
Looks at the knowledge gained by a school psychologist during her employment with the Navajo.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xlvi.
Risk Factors for HIV Disease Progression in a Rural Southwest American Indian Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Iralu
Bonnie Duran
Cynthia R. Pearson
Yizhou Jiang
Kevin Foley
Melvin Harrison
Public Health Reports, vol. 125, Supplement 4, 2010, p. 43–50
Description
Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.
Short Film Study 110: Journey of the Healer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Description
Teacher's guide to accompany the short film dealing with traditional healing and spirituality. The film is written, produced and based on a comic book by Steven Keewatin Sanderson. Includes comprehension questions, writing activities, and research activities.
Short Film Study: 120-130: Journey of the Healer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Description
Teacher's guide to accompany the short film dealing with traditional healing and spirituality. The film is written, produced and based on a comic book by Steven Keewatin Sanderson. Includes comprehension questions, writing activities, and research activities.
Spirit Doctors
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's resource for documentary written and directed by Marie Burke about Mary and Ed Louie, two Sqilxw (Okanagan) traditional healers.
That's the Way We Lived: An Oral History of the Fort Resolution Elders
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fort Resolution Elders
Description
Recorded oral histories of Fort Resolution.
Traditional Anishinabe Healing in a Clinical Setting: The Development of an Aboriginal Interdisciplinary Approach to Community-Based Aboriginal Mental Health Care
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marion A. Maar
Marjory Shawande
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 6, no. 1, Traditional Medicine, January 2010, pp. 18-27
Description
Focuses on development of the Noojmowin Teg Health Access Centre from 1998 to 2008.
Understanding Chronic Disease and the Role for Traditional Approaches in Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
Social Determinants of Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lynda Earle
Description
Looks at diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease and holistic approaches to prevention.
Understanding Cultural Adherence and the Use of Traditional Medicine in Waskaganish First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Christine Tabib
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2010.
Understanding Resilience Through Revitalizing Traditional Ways of Healing in a Kanien'kehá:ka Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Morgan Kahentonni Phillips
Description
Social and Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2010.
Varieties of Medical Treatment and Hierarchies of Resort in Johan Turi's Sámi Deavsttat
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas A. DuBois
Journal of Northern Studies , no. 1, 2010, pp. 9-43
Description
Looks at Johan Turi's books Sámi Deavsttat / Lappish Texts and Muitalus Sámiid Birra showing the changes in traditional healing practices.
Voice of a Leader: If You Truly Believe Children Are Our Future - the Future is Now
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Chistian
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 10-14
Description
Modified speech by Chief Wayne Christian talking about the history of his community, and how state policies, legislation and laws have affected a way of life for his people. The article also illustrates, through narrative, the importance of re-learning cultural practices.
Walking the Worlds: The Experience of Native Psychologists in Their Doctoral Training and Practice
Theses
Author/Creator
S. Auguste Elliott
Description
Clinical Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fielding Graduate University, 2010.
Women and Plants on Groote Eylandt
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dulcie Levitt
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, June 1987, pp. 32-37
Description
Discusses social life and customs surrounding food gathered for protein and carbohydrates, fruits and nuts, and plants used for contraception.