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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... Indigenous health education and its traditional emphasis on living a consciously healthy , whole , and meaning- ful life . Keepers of the Fire presents an underlying " ecology " of Indigenous health in terms of the ways it was ...
... Indigenous health education and its traditional emphasis on living a consciously healthy , whole , and meaning- ful life . Keepers of the Fire presents an underlying " ecology " of Indigenous health in terms of the ways it was ...
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... Indigenous people . As a result , I suggest a new model of environmental health , a model proposed by the chorus of voices heard across Indian country , a global model created with the words of the Indigenous community . The Indigenous ...
... Indigenous people . As a result , I suggest a new model of environmental health , a model proposed by the chorus of voices heard across Indian country , a global model created with the words of the Indigenous community . The Indigenous ...
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... Indigenous Environmental Network , 201 Indigenous healing , European medicine and , 25-26 Indigenous Model of Environmental Health , 194 Indigenous Peoples Environmental Network ( IEN ) , 194 Indigenous Women's Network , 201 Inequality ...
... Indigenous Environmental Network , 201 Indigenous healing , European medicine and , 25-26 Indigenous Model of Environmental Health , 194 Indigenous Peoples Environmental Network ( IEN ) , 194 Indigenous Women's Network , 201 Inequality ...
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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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