Walking together, working together : engaging wisdom for indigenous well-being / edited by Leslie Main Johnson and Janelle Marie Baker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Leslie Main, 1950- editor.

Baker, Janelle Marie, editor.

Series:

Patterns of Northern traditional healing series ; v. 4.

Patterns of Northern traditional healing series ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traditional medicine--Canada.

Traditional medicine.

Indigenous peoples--Health and hygiene--Canada.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Medical care--Canada.

Well-being.

Indigenous peoples--Health and hygiene.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This collection takes a holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness; traditional knowledge and intellectual property around medicinal plant knowledge; the role of diet and traditional foods in health promotion; culturally sensitive approaches to healing work with urban Indigenous populations; and integrating biomedicine, alternative therapies, and Indigenous healing in clinical practice. Throughout, the voices of Elders, healers, physicians, and scholars are in dialogue to promote Indigenous community well-being through collaboration. This book will be of interest to scholars in Indigenous Studies, medicine and public health, medical anthropology, and anyone involved with care delivery and public health in Indigenous communities. Contributors: Darlene Auger, Dorothy Badry, Margaret David, Meda DeWitt, Hal Eagletail, Gary L. Ferguson III, Marc Fonda, Annie Goose, Angela Grier (Pioohksoopanskii), Leslie Main Johnson, Allison Kelliher, Patrick Lightning, Mary Maje, Maria Mayan, Ruby E. Morgan, Richard T. Oster, Ann Maje Raider, Camille (Pablo) Russell, Ginetta Salvalaggio, Ellen L. Toth, Harry Watchmaker."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Building Pathways to Well-Being and Healing

An Introduction / Leslie Main Johnson

2. Spiritual Pathway to Health and Balance / Harry Watchmaker

3. Bringing Traditional Medicine into the Medical System / Hal Eagletail

4. The Traditional Indigenous Model of Health and Well-Being

How Can the Western Physician Work within This Paradigm? / Darlene P. Auger

5. The Healing Journey

Working for Kaska Wellness / Ann Maje Raider

6. Dim Wila Oildils'm (The Way We Live)

Gitxsan Approaches to a Comprehensive Health Plan / Luu Giss Yee

7. Holistic and Culturally Based Approaches to Health Promotion in Alaska Native Communities / Margaret David

8. Southeast Tlingit Rites of Passage for Women's Puberty

A Participatory Action Approach / Khaat Klaat

9. Health and Healing on the Edges of Canada

A Photovoice Project in Ulukhaktok, NT / Annie I. Goose

10. Traditional Knowledge, Science, and Protection / Marc Fonda

11. Diabetes and Culture

Time to Truly and Sincerely Listen to Indigenous Peoples / Ellen L. Toth

12. "Here," "Now," and Health Research

Developing Shared Priorities within Scholarship / Ginetta Salvalaggio

13. Nature Is Medicine / Allison Kelliher

14. Paths Forward

Concluding Words / Leslie Main Johnson.

Notes:

Some chapters previously presented at conference Wisdom Engaged: Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being (University of Alberta, Edmonton, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Walking together, working together.

ISBN:

9781772125375

1772125377

OCLC:

1260665605