Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign Spaces : Urban Indigenous Health Activism in the United States and Australia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

John, Maria.

Series:

Critical Indigeneities Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2025.

Summary:

Statistics indicate that Indigenous people worldwide suffer disproportionately poor health outcomes.Since the mid-twentieth century, health activism has become increasingly central to expressions of Indigenous sovereignty and survivance.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title Page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Structural Violence in Indigenous Health Care

1. For the Sake of Our Health: Post-World War II Indigenous Medical Migration in the United States and Australia

2. Whose Responsibility? Federal Government Policy and the (Mis)Management of Indigenous Health Care, 1950-1970

3. The People Speak, Will You Listen? Indigenous Health Activism in Seattle, 1950-1970

4. An Indictment of This Country: Advocating for Aboriginal Health in Sydney, 1960-1980

5. Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign Spaces: The Seattle Indian Health Board and the Aboriginal Medical Service, 1970-2020

Epilogue: Refusing Settler Colonial Harm in Health Care

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781469680446

1469680440

9781469680453

1469680459

OCLC:

1510200287