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Under the rattlesnake : Cherokee health and resiliency /
For the Cherokee, health is more than the absence of disease; it includes a fully confident sense of a smooth life, peaceful existence, unhurried pace, and easy flow of time. The natural state of the world is to be neutral, balanced, with a similarly gently flowing pattern. States of imbalance, tens...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | Contemporary American Indian studies.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Tohi: The Cherokee Concept of Well-Being; 2. The Unintended Consequences of Prehistoric Skeletal Studies to Modern Cherokee Communities; 3. Adverse Reactions: Practicing Bioarchaeology among the Cherokee; 4. Historical Trauma, Stress, and Diabetes: A Modern Model among the Eastern Band of Cherokees; 5. The Effect of Traditional Dietary Practices on Contemporary Diseases among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 6. The Sacred Feminine in Cherokee Culture: Healing and Identity; References; Contributors; Index.