Students will be introduced to the determinants of Indigenous peoples' health in Canada. Using both the anthropological and sociological lens, students will develop an understanding of approaches to health and healing that resonate with Indigenous peoples through readings and a collective exploration. Students will understand that health is one of the most significant issues that defines the lives of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Alfred, G. R. Wasase: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom. Peterborough, Ont., Broadview Press, 2005. https://canadacommons-ca.proxy.library.upei.ca/artifacts/1868067/wasase…
Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. 5 Vols. 1996. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/royal-commis…
Kimmerer, Robin W. Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Milkweed Editions, 2020. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/upei/detail.action?docID=1212658
Knockwood, Isabelle. Out of the Depths: The Experiences of Mi’kmaw Children at the Indian Residential School at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Fernwood, 2015. [Not on reserve; hold placed]
Merasty, Joseph Auguste with David Carpenter. The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir. Regina, SK: University of Regina Press, 2015.
Moreton-Robinson, Aileen. ed. Critical Indigenous Studies: Engagements in First World Locations. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2016
Newell, Margaret Ellen. Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2015.
Stonechild, Blair. The New Buffalo: The Struggle for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2006.