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Wisdom Engaged: Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being by Leslie Main Johnson
Publication Date: 2019

eBook
Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge by Nancy J. Turner
Publication Date: 2014

eBook
Medicine Wheel Teachings by Frank Surprenant, Angela Brady
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E98 .R3 S87 2021

Publication Date: 2021
Honoring the Medicine: The Essential Guide to Native American Healing by Kenneth Cohen
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E98.M4 .C64 2003

Publication Date: 2003
Medicine Ways: Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans by Clifford E. Trafzer; Diane Weiner
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E98.M4 .M43 2001

Publication Date: 2001
The Arts of Indigenous Health and Well-Being by Nancy Van Styvendale
Publication Date: 2021

eBook
A Handbook of Native American Herbs by Alma R. Hutchens
Call Number: IAHS & Fennell STACKS E98.B7 .H87 1992

Publication Date: 1992
Big Medicine from Six Nations by Ted C. Williams; Debra Roberts
Publication Date: 2007
Under the Rattlesnake: Cherokee Health and Resiliency by Lisa J. Lefler
Publication Date: 2009

eBook
A Fire Burns Within: Teachings from Ceremony and Culture by Sharon L. Acoose
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E99.C6 .A26 2016

Publication Date: 2016

#Beyond94 – From Residential School to One of Manitoba's First Indigenous Nurses
Ann Callahan began residential school in the 1930s at age four. Despite facing challenges she pursued higher education, becoming one of the first Indigenous nurses in Manitoba.
Canadian Indigenous Nursing Association

Strong Helpers' Teachings by Cyndy Baskin
Publication Date: 2022 Third Edition

eBook
A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle by Russell Willier; David Young; Robert Rogers
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E99.C88 .Y68 2015

Publication Date: 2015

New health centre opens in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation
Source: Government of Canada - April 17, 2019
Aboriginal Health Access Centres
How aboriginal communities can get primary health care, traditional healing and other services through Aboriginal Health Access Centres.

In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott
Publication Date: 2019

eBook
The Hollow Tree: Fighting Addiction with Traditional Native Healing by Herb Nabigon
Publication Date: 2006

eBook
Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing my People (and yours) by Harold Johnson
Publication Date: 2016

eBook
Print Copies: Fennell and IAHS STACKS E78.C2 .J64 2016

Canadian Health Care

Health care access and experiences among Indigenous people, 2024
Source: Statistics Canada - The Daily Nov. 4/24
First Peoples, second class treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
This paper explores the role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It provides an overview of the historical and contemporary contexts of racism which have historically, and continue to, negatively shape the life choices and chances of Indigenous people in this country.
Moving toward holistic wellness, empowerment and self-determination for Indigenous peoples in Canada
This study aimed to understand the role that traditional Indigenous health care practices can play in increasing individual-level self-determination over health care and improving health outcomes for urban Indigenous peoples in Canada

Access, Clocks, Blocks and Stocks: Resisting Health Canada’s Management of Traditional Medicine by Michael Hankard
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E98.M4 .H36 2015

Publication Date: 2015
Health and Health Care Delivery in Canada by Valerie D. Thompson
Call Number: IAHS Stacks RA449.T46 2024

Publication Date: 2024 Fourth Edition
Matters of life and death by André Picard
Call Number: IAHS STACKS RA449 .P53 2017

Publication Date: 2017

Indigenous Health
Source: Health Canada
Canadian Nurses Association (CNO) - Indigenous Health
Source: Canadian Nurses Association

Aboriginal Health in Canada : Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives by James B. Waldram; D. Ann Herring
Call Number: IAHS and Fennell STACKS RA449 .W35 2006

Publication Date: 2006

Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 3: History and Cultural Diversity
The third video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.

Indigenous Patient Care & Culturally Sensitive Practices

Patient Care
Culturally Sensitive Practices

Putting calls into action: Treating aboriginal patients in collaboration with indigenous healers and elders
Source: de Leeuw, S. (2017). Canadian Family Physician, 63(1), 56–59

Indigenous Peoples and Dementia: New Understandings of Memory Loss and Memory care
Call Number: IAHS STACKS: RC521 .I53 2019

Publication Date: 2019

Indigenous Health: Indigenous Peoples of Canada
This series provides information about Indigenous peoples’ history, social determinants of health, and on strategies for culturally competent care.
Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 1: Introduction to Aboriginal Awareness
The first video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 4: Treating Everyone the Same
The fourth video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 5: Developing Awareness and Skills in Culturally Competent Care
The fifth video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 2: Who Are Aboriginal People?
The second video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
Mi'kmaw nurse explains how Indigenous pain often misunderstood
Source: CBC News, May 10, 2019

Communication: Core Interpersonal Skills for Health Professionals by Gjyn O'Toole
Call Number: IAHS STACKS R118 .O86 2016

Publication Date: 2016 Third Edition