Coming Full Circle : Spirituality and Wellness among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest /

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This is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationships between spirituality and health in several contemporary Coast Salish and Chinook communities in western Washington from 1805 to 2005. This book examines how these communities define what it means to be healthy, and how recent tribal commu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crawford O'Brien, Suzanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Traditional medicine.
Ethnoecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healing.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Salish de la côte (Indiens) > Medecine.
Salish de la côte (Indiens) > Sante et hygiene.
Salish de la côte (Indiens) > Religion.
Traditional medicine > Northwest, Pacific.
Ethnoecology > Northwest, Pacific.
Coast Salish Indians > Medicine.
Coast Salish Indians > Health and hygiene.
Coast Salish Indians > Religion.
Pacific Northwest.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationships between spirituality and health in several contemporary Coast Salish and Chinook communities in western Washington from 1805 to 2005. This book examines how these communities define what it means to be healthy, and how recent tribal community-based health programs have applied this understanding to their missions and activities. The author explores how contemporary definitions, goals, and activities relating to health and healing are informed by Coast Salish history and also by indigenous spiritual views of the body, which are based on an understanding of the relationship between self, ecology, and community. The book draws on a historical framework in reflecting on contemporary tribal health-care efforts and the ways in which they engage indigenous healing traditions alongside twenty-first-century biomedicine. The book makes a strong case for the current shift toward tribally controlled care, arguing that local, culturally distinct ways of healing and understanding illness must be a part of contemporary Native healthcare. Combining in-depth archival research, extensive ethnographic participant-based field work, and scholarship on theories of religion and embodiment, the author offers an analysis of contemporary Native Americans and their worldviews.--description provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (520 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780803248595

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