Healers Need Healing Too: Results from the Good Road of Life Training
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allyson Kelley
Clayton Small
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 2, 2020, pp. [60]-75
Description
Examines the impact of the training, which uses culturally relevant mental health support for healing historical and inter-generational trauma, on mental health professionals working with American Indian communities.
Healing and Empowering: First Nations Clients
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sara Joy David
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 14-17
Description
Offers some guidelines for non-First Nations therapists working with First Nations clients.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 14.
Healing Begins With Truth and Reconciliation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darla Read
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 3, March 2008, p. 3
Description
Looks at a cross-Canada tour that included Aboriginal and church leaders addressing the public on the upcoming Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Article located on page 3.
Healing Fractured Families: Parents' and Elders' Perspectives on the Impact of Colonization and Youth Suicide Prevention in a Pacific Northwest American Indian Tribe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. June Strickland
Elaine Walsh
Michelle Cooper
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 17, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 5-12
Description
Data from 40 parents and 9 elders promoted holding onto cultural values, holding the family together, getting through school and getting a job.
Healing of the Canoe Curriculum Training Manual
Alternate Title
HOC Curriculum Training Manual
Healing of the Canoe: A Life Skills Curriculum Training for Native Youth
Culturally Grounded Life Skills for Youth Curriculum
Three-site Healing of the Canoe Survey Results, 2018-2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suquamish Tribe
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington
Description
Developed to address problems of youth suicide and substance abuse through a sense of cultural belonging and revitalization.
Healing Ourselves: Culture and Behavioral Health at Tribal Colleges and Universities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Crazy Bull
Tribal College Journal of Amerian Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 2, Tribal and Behavioral Health, Winter, 2013
Description
Briefly discusses how post-secondary institutions are attempting, through research and programming, to address the mental and physical health issues faced by Native Americans.
Healing Residential School Trauma: The Case for Evidence-Based Policy and Community-Led Programs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 11-31
Description
Looks at the key findings of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, and its relevance to residential school experience.
Healing the Generations: Post-Traumatic Stress and the Health Status of Aboriginal Populations in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terry L. Mitchell
Dawn T. Maracle
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 14-24
Description
Discusses historical trauma and ways to address the past so that Aboriginal peoples health will improve in the future.
Healing the Spirit: Exploring Sexualized Trauma and Recovery among Indigenous Men in Toronto
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Reeves
Suzanne Stewart
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
Study conducted in collaboration with Anishnawbe Health Toronto involved six men and ten community healers. Discusses social constructions of masculinity and how they affect help-seeking behaviours and mental health outcomes.
Healing the Wakanheja2: Evidence Based, Promising, and Culturally Appropriate Practices for American Indian/Alaska Native Children with Mental Health Needs
Alternate Title
A Literature Review & Resource Guide For Evidence Based Best and Promising Mental Health Practices
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan Yellow Horse
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
Description
Entire document on one pdf. To access this section, scroll to p. 52.
Healing Through Interdependence: The Role of Connecting in First Nations Healing Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rod M. McCormick
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 31, no. 3, 1997, pp. 172-84
Description
Study found that healing was facilitated when connections were made with family, community, culture, nature and spirituality
Healing Traditions: Culture, Community and Mental Health Promotion with Canadian Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurence Kirmayer
Cori Simpson
Margaret Cargo
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 11, Supplement, 2003
Description
Suggests that mental health promotion which focuses on youth and community empowerment is likely to have
a large effect on health and wellbeing in Aboriginal communities.
Healing Words
Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 2003
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including, Keeping Her Family Strong by Barbra Nahwegahbow.
Healing Words
Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 3, no. 2, Winter, 2001
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, interviews, poems and various articles, including Aboriginal Women: No Rights to Land or Children by Mabel Nipshank.
Healing Words
Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 3, no. 1, Fall, 2001
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, resources and various articles, including Breaking the Code of Silence by Isabelle Knockwood.
Healing Words
Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 2, no. 1, Fall, 2000
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, resources and various articles, including Aboriginal Suicide is Different by Colin Tatz.
Healing Words
Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter, 2003
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles, including Traditional Parenting Skills in Contemporary Life by Shelley Goforth
Healing Words
Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 5, no. 2, Autumn, 2007
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, pictures, and articles including: Aboriginal Survivors for Healing by Jackie Miller, and Telling Stories from Our Lives by David Sidwell.
Health Advocacy: Counting the Costs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Dyall
Maria Marama
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], April 2010, pp. 190-204
Description
Comments on the discrimination faced by the Indigenous population of New Zealand within the health services.