Foreword
Dr. Evan Adams
Introduction to the Second Edition: Rethinking (Once Again) Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health
Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay, and Margo Greenwood
PART 1 SETTING THE CONTEXT: BEYOND THE SOCIAL
Chapter 1— Structural Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health
Charlotte Reading
Chapter 2— Knausgaard, Nova Scotia
Liz Howard
Chapter 3— Embodying Self-Determination: Beyond the Gender Binary
Sarah Hunt
Chapter 4 Reflections of One Indian Doctor in a Town Up North
Nadine Caron
Chapter 5— Two-Eyed Seeing in Medicine
Murdena Marshall, Albert Marshall, and Cheryl Bartlett
Chapter 6— The Spiritual Dimension of Holistic Health: A Reflection
Marlene Brant Castellano
PART 2 HONOURING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HEALTH
Chapter 7— atikowisi miýw-a¯ya¯win, Ascribed Health and Wellness, to kaskitamasowin miýw-a¯ya¯win, Achieved Health and Wellness: Shifting the Paradigm
Madeleine Dion Stout
Chapter 8— Raven Healing
Roberta Kennedy (Kung Jaadee)
Chapter 9— miyo-pimâtisiwin, “A Good Path”: Indigenous Knowledges, Languages, and Traditions in Education and Health
Diana Steinhauer and James Lamouche
Chapter 10— Inuit Knowledge Systems, Elders, and Determinants of Health: Harmony, Balance, and the Role of Holistic Thinking
Shirley Tagalik
Chapter 11— Two Poems
Marilyn Iwama
PART 3 WELLNESS IS KNOWING WHO WE ARE: CULTURE AND IDENTITY
Chapter 12— Being at the Interface: Early Childhood as a Determinant of Health
Margo Greenwood and Elizabeth Jones
Chapter 13— Knowing Who You Are: Family History and Aboriginal Determinants of Health
Brenda Macdougall
Chapter 14— Cultural Wounds Demand Cultural Medicines
Michael J. Chandler and William L. Dunlop
Chapter 15— Grandma and Grandpa and the Mysterious Case of Wolf Teeth in the House!
Richard Van Camp
PART 4 HEALTH OF THE LAND, HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE
Chapter 16— The Relatedness of People, Land, and Health: Stories from Anishinabe Elders
Chantelle Richmond
Chapter 17— Activating Place: Geography as a Determinant of Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Well-Being
Sarah de Leeuw
Chapter 18— Violence on the Land, Violence on Our Bodies Women’s Earth
Alliance and Native Youth Sexual Health Network
Chapter 19— Take Care of the Land and the Land Will Take Care of You: Resources, Development, and Health
Terry Teegee
Chapter 20— Dishinit Sakeh
Helen Knott
PART 5 REVISIONING MEDICINE: TOWARD INDIGENIZATION
Chapter 21— miyo-pimâtisiwin: Practising “the Good Way of Life” from the Hospital Bed to Mother Earth
Patricia Makokis and James Makokis
Chapter 22— Reshaping the Politics of Health: A Personal Perspective
Warner Adam
Chapter 23— Aboriginal Early Childhood Development Policies and Programs in British Columbia: Beyond the Rhetoric
Karen Isaac and Kathleen Jamieson
Chapter 24— Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Populations: Why a Focus on Genetic Susceptibility Is Not Enough
Fernando Polanco and Laura Arbour
Chapter 25— Determining Life with HIV and AIDS
Sherri Pooyak, Marni Amirault, and Renée Masching
Chapter 26— Medicine Is Relationship: Relationship Is Medicine
Leah May Walker and Danièle Behn-Smith
Contributor List
Index
