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Wisdom Engaged
Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being
Patterns of Northern Traditional Healing Series
Edited by Leslie Main Johnson
"I listened to my mum, my dad, my gramma, that is why I am still here. That is how you stay alive." —Mida Donnessey
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, voices of Elders, healers, physicians, and scholars are gathered in an attempt to find viable ways to move forward while facing new challenges. Bringing these varied voices together provides a critical conversation about the nature of medicine; a demonstration of ethical commitment; and an example of building successful community relationships.
Contributors: Alestine Andre, Janelle Marie Baker, Robert Beaulieu, Della M. Cheney, Stakawas, Katsawa, Mida Donnessey, Mabel English, Christopher Fletcher, Fort McKay Berry Group, Annie B. Gordon, Celina Harpe-Cooper, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Leslie Main Johnson, Thea Luig, Art Mathews, Sim’oogit T’enim Gyet, Linda G. McDonald, Ruby E. Morgan, Bernice Neyelle, Morris Neyelle, Keiichi Omura, Mary Teya, Nancy J. Turner, Walter Vanast, Darlene Vegh.
Book details
Publication date: July 2019Features: 62 B&W photographs, 7 diagrams, 5 maps, notes, bibliography
Series: Patterns of Northern Traditional Healing Series
Keywords: Traditional Knowledge / Well-being / Health
Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Traditional Knowledge / Well-being / Health, MEDICAL / Healing, HISTORY / Native American, Traditional Knowledge / Well-being / Health, Complementary therapies, healing & health, History of the Americas, History of specific lands, Indigenous Studies, Oral History, Anthropology, Health and Medicine
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Book details
Publication date: July 2019Features: 62 B&W photographs, 7 diagrams, 5 maps, notes, bibliography
Series: Patterns of Northern Traditional Healing Series
Keywords: Traditional Knowledge / Well-being / Health
Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Traditional Knowledge / Well-being / Health, MEDICAL / Healing, HISTORY / Native American, Traditional Knowledge / Well-being / Health, Complementary therapies, healing & health, History of the Americas, History of specific lands, Indigenous Studies, Oral History, Anthropology, Health and Medicine
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Leslie Main Johnson. Leslie Main Johnson is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Athabasca University. She is an ethnographer and ethnobiologist who has worked with Indigenous peoples in northwestern Canada since the 1980s.
Alestine Andre.
Janelle Marie Baker.
Robert Beaulieu.
Della M. Cheney Stakawas, Katsawa.
Mida Donnessey.
Mabel English.
Christopher Fletcher.
Fort McKay Berry Group.
Annie B. Gordon.
Celina Harp.
Thea Luig.
Art Mathews Sim’oogit T’enim Gyet.
Linda G. McDonald.
Ruby E. Morgan.
Bernice Neyelle.
Morris Neyelle.
Keiichi Omura.
Evelyn Storr.
Mary Teya.
Nancy J. Turner.
Walter Vanast.
Darlene Vegh.
Earle H. Waugh. Earle H. Waugh is Professor Emeritus and was Director of the Centre for the Centre for Health and Culture in the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton upon his retirement.
"These crucial studies provide a base of evidence for how people want to live rather than being dictated to by industrial interests in their homelands. They provide a rich vision of a lived environment."
Leslie Main Johnson. Leslie Main Johnson is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Athabasca University. She is an ethnographer and ethnobiologist who has worked with Indigenous peoples in northwestern Canada since the 1980s.
Alestine Andre.
Janelle Marie Baker.
Robert Beaulieu.
Della M. Cheney Stakawas, Katsawa.
Mida Donnessey.
Mabel English.
Christopher Fletcher.
Fort McKay Berry Group.
Annie B. Gordon.
Celina Harp.
Thea Luig.
Art Mathews Sim’oogit T’enim Gyet.
Linda G. McDonald.
Ruby E. Morgan.
Bernice Neyelle.
Morris Neyelle.
Keiichi Omura.
Evelyn Storr.
Mary Teya.
Nancy J. Turner.
Walter Vanast.
Darlene Vegh.
Earle H. Waugh. Earle H. Waugh is Professor Emeritus and was Director of the Centre for the Centre for Health and Culture in the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton upon his retirement.
"These crucial studies provide a base of evidence for how people want to live rather than being dictated to by industrial interests in their homelands. They provide a rich vision of a lived environment."
