Walking together, working together : engaging wisdom for Indigenous well-being

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"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 popul...

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First Nations Health and hygiene

First Nations Medical care

First Nations Medicine

Indigenous peoples Health and hygiene Canada

Indigenous peoples Medical care Canada

Traditional medicine Canada

Well-being

Part of a Series:

Patterns of Northern traditional healing series Patterns of Northern traditional healing series ; volume 4

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ISBN:

9781772125375
1772125377

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Some chapters previously presented at conference Wisdom Engaged: Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being (University of Alberta, Edmonton, 2015)
Canadiana
Indigenous voices
Includes bibliographical references

Control Number:

3103174

Other Authors:

Baker, Janelle Marie, editor
Johnson, Leslie Main, 1950- editor
Waugh, Earle H., 1936- editor

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