Keepers of the Central Fire: Issues in Ecology for Indigenous PeoplesJones and Bartlett, 1999 - 250 pages The health of Native Americans is intimately tied to the health of the environment. Yet abuses of land, water, and air continue to compromise the health of native people and their land rights. This fascinating book explores this intimate relationship between people and the land, and environment and health. Here is an important message for health care providers, ecologists, and those who attempt to live their lives in harmony with the earth. |
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... mental physical North Mental Environmental Data External Internal spiritual mental physical East Spiritual Epidemiological Data South Emotional who what when Medicine Wheel - Medical Ecology Model means for comprehending environmental ...
... mental physical North Mental Environmental Data External Internal spiritual mental physical East Spiritual Epidemiological Data South Emotional who what when Medicine Wheel - Medical Ecology Model means for comprehending environmental ...
Page 31
... Mental , South / Emotional , West / Physical , and East / Spiritual . The aspect of culture also shares components of the four directions of the medicine wheel mentioned above : spiritual , mental , emotional , and physical ...
... Mental , South / Emotional , West / Physical , and East / Spiritual . The aspect of culture also shares components of the four directions of the medicine wheel mentioned above : spiritual , mental , emotional , and physical ...
Page 93
... mental retardation is caused by radiation in the womb , and this seems to be also linear , [ or ] proportional to dose , right down to the lowest levels . There doesn't seem to be any cut - off point . And so , we have now discovered ...
... mental retardation is caused by radiation in the womb , and this seems to be also linear , [ or ] proportional to dose , right down to the lowest levels . There doesn't seem to be any cut - off point . And so , we have now discovered ...
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Keepers of the Central Fire: Issues in Ecology for Indigenous Peoples Lorelei A. Lambert Limited preview - 1999 |
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