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Wisdom engaged : traditional knowledge for northern community well-being /
"Wisdom Engaged demonstrates how traditional knowledge, Indigenous approaches to healing, and the insights of Western bio-medicine can complement each other when all voices are heard in a collaborative effort to address changes to Indigenous communities' well-being. In this collection, voi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edmonton, Alberta :
Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Patterns of Northern traditional healing series ;
v. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I: Contexts and holistic approaches to Northern Community well being
- Traditional knowledge, healing, and wellness : an introduction / Leslie Main Johnson
- Making and taking medicine : Indigenous and western therapeutics in an early contact Eastern MacKenzie Delta Society, 1858-1920 / Walter Vanast
- Illness and power in times of contact: Gitxsan and Witsuwit'en narratives of healing / Leslie Main Johnson
- "Our food is our medicine": traditional knowledge and traditional plant foods for health and well-being in the Canadian North and Alaska / Nancy J. Turner
- Cranberries are medicine: monitoring, sharing and consuming cranberries in Fort McKay / Janelle Marie Baker and the Fort McKay Berry Group
- Huckleberries, food sovereignty, cumulative impact, and community health: reflections from Northern British Columbia, Canada / Leslie Main Johnson, Darlene Vegh, and Ruby E. Morgan
- Conditions for well-being: sustainability of an Inuit subsistence system in a globalized world / Keiichi Omura
- Inuvialuit nautchiangit, relationships between people and plants : a project to document traditional plant knowledge / Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
- Community context, research methods, and cultural ethics in the plants for life project, Delme / Christopher Fletcher
- Life transformation and volunteerism in teetl'it Zheh : pathway to community well-being / Thea Luig
- Part II: Northern community voices on wellness
- Sip'xw Hligetdin : demonstrating the strength, education, readiness, and responsibility to speak in the feasthall / Ari Matthews, Sim'Oogit T'Enim Gyet
- Seaweed harvesting an my uncle's stories / Della M. Cheney, Stakawas, Katsawa
- Life at Moose Lake: traditional life in Fort McKay Territory and the impacts of oil sands mining / Celina Harpe-Cooper
- Health is living well according to Kaska values : Kaska women's words / Linda G. McDonald and Mida Donnessey
- Wisdom for well-being ; Gwich'in Elders' teachings / Mary Teya, Annie B. Gordon, Mabel English, and Alestine Andre
- Healing and spiritual knowledge of Deline and Plants for life / Morris Neyelle and Bernice Neyelle
- Words of a traditional healer for Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories / Robert Beaulieu
- Pathways and choice : concluding words / Leslie Main Johnson.