Bringing Home Payahtakenemowin (Peace of Mind): Creating Self-governing Community Services
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Author/Creator
Joyce Timpson
Douglas Semple
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 87-101
Description
Brief historical background of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation; looks at the social and economic change in remote hunting and trapping communities in Northwestern Ontario; and examines how the First Nations have increased the ability to address health and social service problems locally by assuming control of their health services.