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Preliminaries and Chapter 1

Alternate Title
Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
Introduction to the book which is divided into four sections: an introduction to the mental health of indigenous peoples, origins and representations of social suffering, transformations of identity and community that contribute to resilience, and traditional healing and mental health services. Preliminaries and Chapter 1 from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer and Gail Guthrie Valaskakis. To locate article, scroll to page xiii.
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The Price of a Gift

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anne Waters
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, Fall, September 1, 2000, pp. 657-658
Book review of: The Price of a Gift: A Lakota Healer's Story by Gerald Mohatt and Joseph Eagle Elk.
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The Price of a Gift: A Lakota Healer's Story

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anne Waters
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, Winter, January 1, 2002, pp. 159-161
Book review of: The Price of a Gift by Gerald Mohatt and Joseph Eagle Elk.
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Primitive Concepts of Disease

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.32, no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Forrest E. Clements
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 32, (pp185-252).
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Profiles of Métis Elders

Alternate Title
Métis Perspectives and Traditional Health Knowledge Series
Documents & Presentations
Highlights the profiles of 14 Métis Elders who are committed to protecting traditional health knowledge and healing practices.
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Program Brings Indigenous Knowledge to Health Workers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003, pp. 32-36

Describes the benefits of the Indigenous Community Health Worker program, or Enionkwatakariteke, that incorporates traditional medicine with Western medical practices.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.32.

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Program Celebrates 17 Years of Supporting Kohkums

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 3, March 2009, p. 1,3
Looks at the 17th anniversary of the Strengthening the Circle Program that combines kohkums, traditional values, practices and the Cree language. Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 3.
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Promotion of Traditional Lifestyles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ediriweera Desapriya
Ian Pike
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 175, no. 8, October 10, 2006, pp. 919-920
Letter to the editor discusses the challenges surrounding the work being done to alleviate the problem of diabetes among Aboriginals.
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Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
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Quechuan Voices: The Art of Storytelling Through Song

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Anderson
IK: Other Ways Of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 1, 2015, pp. 15-20
Presents study of Claudia Llosa's film, The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) and how it employs song to express women's rights in Peru.
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Race, Culture, and the Colonization of Childbirth in Northern Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Jasen
Social History of Medicine, vol. 10, no. 3, 1997, pp. 383-400
Discusses European attitudes towards Aboriginal women and the act of giving birth, which had little factual foundation and little understanding of the role of the midwife.
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Rachel Robinson Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rachel Robinson
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview where she gives an account of a wolf killing the pet dog when she was a child.
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Reclaiming Birth, Health, and Community: Midwifery in the Inuit Villages of Nunavik, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vicki Van Wagner
Brenda Epoo
Julie Nastapoka
Evelyn Harney
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, vol. 52, no. 4, July-August 2007, pp. 384-391
Describes how the community-based midwifery service is providing the option, for women, to give birth within their remote community rather than have to be evacuated out.
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Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John W. Firesen [sic]
John W. Friesen
Canadian Ethnic Studies , vol. 33, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 137-139
Book review of: Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision edited by Marie Battiste.
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Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeanette Villeneuve
BC Studies, no. 130, Summer, 2001, pp. 125-126
Book review of: Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision edited by Marie Battiste. To access this review, scroll to page 125.
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Recruiting and Retention Concerns Health Care Team

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hansford
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 22

Explores problems some Aboriginal communities have recruiting and retaining health care professionals.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

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Reflections on Intergenerational Trauma: Healing as a

Critical Intervention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ashley Quinn
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 72-82
Argues that healing is a critical component of any intervention. The article also gives a short history of residential school trauma and recent government initiatives aimed at preserving traditional Aboriginal healing practices.
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A Rejoinder to Body Bags: Indigenous Resilience and Epidemic Disease, from COVID-19 to First “Contact”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lindsay M. Montgomery
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Tools to Promote Equity and Best Practices, 2020, pp. 65-86
Uses oral and historical accounts to show how culturally grounded practices including dreaming, dancing, singing physical distancing were used in response to epidemics. Small pox, Spanish Flu, and COVID-19 time periods are discussed.
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The Religion of the Crow Indians

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.25 pt.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert H. Lowie
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 25 (p.309-444).
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Remember the 90's: Healing and Health

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Cawte
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, March/April 2006, pp. 23-24
Presents recollections of honorary founding editor of, Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal and his interest in traditional healers.
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Reparations: Theory, Practice and Education

Alternate Title
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor & the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Roundtable
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Georges Erasmus
Discusses the role of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in dealing with a variety problems of arising from the residential school system, and argues that a healing environment must be included in the compensation process.
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Report to Southcentral Foundation, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, [and] Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation: Earth (Education and Research Towards Health) Research Project

Alternate Title
Prospective Study of Alaska Native and American Indian People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne P. Lanier
Gretchen Day
Elvin Asay
Diana Redwood

Looks at data on protective and risk factors for multiple chronic diseases. Information gathered between March 2004 and August 2006. 

Related Material: Data Summary.

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