Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health

Margo Greenwood is a Professor of Education and First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.Sarah de Leeuw is an Associate Professor in the Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern British Columbia and an Associate Professor in the School of Public and Population Health in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.Nicole Marie Lindsay is a Doctoral Candidate in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University and a Research Associate at the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health.

Praise for the first edition: ""Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health in Canada is a remarkable text, beautifully woven from authentic stories with current academic knowledge and impeccable wisdom."" - Trudy Pauluth-Penner, University of Victoria

• ForewordDr. Evan AdamsIntroduction to the Second Edition: Rethinking (Once Again) Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ HealthSarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay, and Margo GreenwoodPART 1 SETTING THE CONTEXT: BEYOND THE SOCIALChapter 1 Structural Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples’ HealthCharlotte ReadingChapter 2 Knausgaard, Nova ScotiaLiz HowardChapter 3 Embodying Self-Determination: Beyond the Gender BinarySarah HuntChapter 4 Reflections of One Indian Doctor in a Town Up NorthNadine CaronChapter 5 Two-Eyed Seeing in MedicineMurdena Marshall, Albert Marshall, and Cheryl BartlettChapter 6 The Spiritual Dimension of Holistic Health: A ReflectionMarlene Brant CastellanoPART 2 HONOURING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HEALTHChapter 7 atikowisi miýw-a¯ya¯win, Ascribed Health and Wellness, to kaskitamasowin miýw-a¯ya¯win, Achieved Health and Wellness: Shifting the ParadigmMadeleine Dion StoutChapter 8 Raven HealingRoberta Kennedy (Kung Jaadee)Chapter 9 miyo-pimâtisiwin, “A Good Path”: Indigenous Knowledges, Languages, and Traditions in Education and HealthDiana Steinhauer and James LamoucheChapter 10 Inuit Knowledge Systems, Elders, and Determinants of Health: Harmony, Balance, and the Role of Holistic ThinkingShirley TagalikChapter 11 Two PoemsMarilyn IwamaPART 3 WELLNESS IS KNOWING WHO WE ARE: CULTURE AND IDENTITYChapter 12 Being at the Interface: Early Childhood as a Determinant of HealthMargo Greenwood and Elizabeth JonesChapter 13 Knowing Who You Are: Family History and Aboriginal Determinants of HealthBrenda MacdougallChapter 14 Cultural Wounds Demand Cultural MedicinesMichael J. Chandler and William L. DunlopChapter 15 Grandma and Grandpa and the Mysterious Case of Wolf Teeth in the House!Richard Van CampPART 4 HEALTH OF THE LAND, HEALTH OF THE PEOPLEChapter 16 The Relatedness of People, Land, and Health: Stories from Anishinabe EldersChantelle RichmondChapter 17 Activating Place: Geography as a Determinant of Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Well-BeingSarah de LeeuwChapter 18 Violence on the Land, Violence on Our BodiesWomen’s Earth Alliance and Native Youth Sexual Health NetworkChapter 19 Take Care of the Land and the Land Will Take Care of You: Resources, Development, and HealthTerry TeegeeChapter 20 Dishinit SakehHelen KnottPART 5 REVISIONING MEDICINE: TOWARD INDIGENIZATIONChapter 21 miyo-pimâtisiwin: Practising “the Good Way of Life” from the Hospital Bed to Mother EarthPatricia Makokis and James MakokisChapter 22 Reshaping the Politics of Health: A Personal PerspectiveWarner AdamChapter 23 Aboriginal Early Childhood Development Policies and Programs in British Columbia: Beyond the RhetoricKaren Isaac and Kathleen JamiesonChapter 24 Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Populations: Why a Focus on Genetic Susceptibility Is Not EnoughFernando Polanco and Laura ArbourChapter 25 Determining Life with HIV and AIDSSherri Pooyak, Marni Amirault, and Renée MaschingChapter 26 Medicine Is Relationship: Relationship Is MedicineLeah May Walker and Danièle Behn-SmithContributorsIndex