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Arts of Indigenous health and well-being

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123600
Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press , 2021.
Audience
Professional
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 A792 2021
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Contents:; Introduction. "Art for Life's Sake": Approaches to Indigenous Arts, Health, and Well-Being -- Part 1. Material Culture, Embodiment, and Well-Being -- Chapter 1. What This Pouch Holds -- Chapter 2. Baskets, Birchbark Scrolls, and Maps of Land: Indigenous Making Practices as Oral Hisoriogr…
Editor
Van Styvendale, Nancy
McDougall, J. D.
Henry, Robert
Innes, Robert Alexander
Place of Publication
Winnipeg, MB
Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
272 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Medicine in the Arts
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Canadians
Abstract
Contents:
Introduction. "Art for Life's Sake": Approaches to Indigenous Arts, Health, and Well-Being -- Part 1. Material Culture, Embodiment, and Well-Being -- Chapter 1. What This Pouch Holds -- Chapter 2. Baskets, Birchbark Scrolls, and Maps of Land: Indigenous Making Practices as Oral Hisoriography -- Chapter 3. For Kaydence and Her Cousins: Health and Happiness in Cultural Legacies and Contemporary Contexts -- Part 2. Community Health and Wellness -- Chapter 4. Stories and Staying Power: Artmaking as (Re)Source of Cultural Resilience and Well-Being for Panniqtumiut
ISBN
9780887559396
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Status
Received
Audience
Professional
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Kelowna Library
Call Number
WA300 A792 2021

Copies

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Fresh banana leaves : healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123593
Hernandez, Jessica. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books , 2022.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA30 H557 2022
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Contents:; Introduction -- Indigenous teaching: nature protects you as long as you protect nature -- Ecocolonialism of indigenous landscapes -- Birth of Western conservation -- Indigenous science: indigenous stewardship and management of lands -- Ecowars: seeking environmental justice -- Tierra Mad…
Author
Hernandez, Jessica
Place of Publication
Berkeley, CA
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Publication Date
2022
Physical Description
260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Enviromental Health
Indigenous Peoples
Environmental Science - methods
Ecosystem
Ecology - methods
Abstract
Contents:
Introduction -- Indigenous teaching: nature protects you as long as you protect nature -- Ecocolonialism of indigenous landscapes -- Birth of Western conservation -- Indigenous science: indigenous stewardship and management of lands -- Ecowars: seeking environmental justice -- Tierra Madre: indigenous women & ecofeminism -- Ancestral foods: cooking with fresh banana leaves -- Indigenizing conservation: healing indigenous landscapes.
ISBN
9781623176051
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WA30 H557 2022

Copies

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Held by the land: a guide to indigenous plants for wellness

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125292
Joseph, Leigh. New York: Wellfleet Press , 2023.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WB55 J83 203
Availability
3 copies, 3 available
Author
Joseph, Leigh
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Wellfleet Press
Publication Date
2023
Physical Description
192 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Indigenous Peoples
Plants
Plant Preparations
Ethnobotany
Medicine, Traditional
Popular Work
Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.
ISBN
9781577152941
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Status
Processing
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WB55 J83 203

Copies

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Decolonizing research : indigenous storywork as methodology

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124959
Good, Michelle. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic , [2022].
Audience
Professional
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Good, Michelle
Editor
Archibald, Jo-Ann,
Lee-Morgan, Jenny
De Santolo, Jason
Smith, Linda Tuhiwai
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date
[2022]
Physical Description
xii, 276 p. ; 22 cm
Subjects
Ethnology - methods
Population Groups - ethnology
Indigenous Peoples
Research Design
Postcolonialism
ISBN
9781350348172
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library

Copies

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Decolonizing methodologies : research and Indigenous peoples

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124970
Smith, Linda Tuhiwai. New York, NY: Zed Books , 2021. 3r ed.
Audience
Professional
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Smith, Linda Tuhiwai
Edition
3r ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Zed Books
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
xxxv, 302 p. ; 22 cm
Subjects
Ethnology - methods
Population Groups - ethnology
Indigenous Peoples
Research Design
Postcolonialism
ISBN
9781786998132
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library

Copies

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