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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... RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND : MONTANA 35 4 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND : NORTH AMERICA 81 5 RELATIONShip with the LAND : GLOBAL 157 6 EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS 193 AFTERWORD APPENDIX A RELEASE FORMS 203 205 ...
... RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND : MONTANA 35 4 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND : NORTH AMERICA 81 5 RELATIONShip with the LAND : GLOBAL 157 6 EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS 193 AFTERWORD APPENDIX A RELEASE FORMS 203 205 ...
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... relationship and interdependence . She demonstrates how contemporary nursing theorists ( such as Martha Rogers ) and ecologically based theorists of environmental health ( such as Rose Marie Parse ) parallel traditional American Indian ...
... relationship and interdependence . She demonstrates how contemporary nursing theorists ( such as Martha Rogers ) and ecologically based theorists of environmental health ( such as Rose Marie Parse ) parallel traditional American Indian ...
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... relationship further ap- parent in how they lived on the land . Different environments fostered dif- ferent approaches , but what is striking is the recurrent evidence that , as hunters or fishers or planters or pickers , Native People ...
... relationship further ap- parent in how they lived on the land . Different environments fostered dif- ferent approaches , but what is striking is the recurrent evidence that , as hunters or fishers or planters or pickers , Native People ...
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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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