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Walking Together, Working Together: Engaging Wisdom for Indigenous Well-Being

Walking Together, Working Together. Engaging Wisdom for Indigenous Well-Being.
Edited by  Leslie Main Johnson and Janelle Marie Baker
University of Alberta Press

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 populations; and integrating biomedicine, alternative therapies, and Indigenous healing in clinical practice. Throughout, the voices of Elders, healers, physicians, and scholars are in dialogue to promote Indigenous community well-being through collaboration. This book will be of interest to scholars in Indigenous Studies, medicine and public health, medical anthropology, and anyone promoting care delivery and public health in Indigenous communities.

Contributors: Darlene P. Auger; Dorothy Badry; Janelle Marie Baker; Margaret David; Meda DeWitt; Hal Eagletail; Gary L. Ferguson; Marc Fonda; Annie I. Goose; Angela Grier; Leslie Main Johnson; Allison Kelliher; Rick Lightning; Mary Maje; Ann Maje Raider; Maria J. Mayan; Ruby E. Morgan, Luu Giss Yee; Richard T. Oster; Camille (Pablo) Russell; Ginetta Salvalaggio; Ellen L. Toth; Harry Watchmaker

Walking Together, Working Together is a companion to Wisdom Engaged: Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being (2019). 

Leslie Main Johnson is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Athabasca University, living in Edmonton on Treaty 6 territory.

Janelle Marie Baker is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Athabasca University, living on the border of Treaty 6 and 7.

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