{"product_id":"the-arts-of-indigenous-health-and-well-being-9780887559457","title":"The Arts of Indigenous Health and Well-Being","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing attention to the ways in which creative practices are essential to the health, well-being, and healing of Indigenous peoples, \u003cem\u003eThe Arts of Indigenous Health and Well-Being\u003c\/em\u003e addresses the effects of artistic endeavour on the \"good life\", or mino-pimatisiwin in Cree, which can be described as the balanced interconnection of physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this interdisciplinary collection, Indigenous knowledges inform an approach to health as a wider set of relations that are central to well-being, wherein artistic expression furthers cultural continuity and resilience, community connection, and kinship to push back against forces of fracture and disruption imposed by colonialism. The need for healing--not only individuals but health systems and practices--is clear, especially as the trauma of colonialism is continually revealed and perpetuated within health systems. The field of Indigenous health has recently begun to recognize the fundamental connection between creative expression and well-being. This book brings together scholarship by humanities scholars, social scientists, artists, and those holding experiential knowledge from across Turtle Island to add urgently needed perspectives to this conversation. Contributors embrace a diverse range of research methods, including community-engaged scholarship with Indigenous youth, artists, Elders, and language keepers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Arts of Indigenous Health and Well-Being\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the healing possibilities of Indigenous works of art, literature, film, and music from a diversity of Indigenous peoples and arts traditions. This book will resonate with health practitioners, community members, and any who recognize the power of art as a window, an entryway to access a healthy and good life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcDougall, J. D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJD McDougal lis a Métis PhD candidate from Prince Albert, SK. Her current work explores Métis family stories through community history, archival research, and zine practice, using kinship models as a framework for understanding, re-politicizing, and reclaiming these narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRobert Henry is Métis from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the Department of Indigenous Studies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInnes, Robert Alexander:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRobert Alexander Innes is a Plains Cree member of Cowessess First Nation. He holds a PhD in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona and is an Assistant Professor in the department of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Manitoba Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381155565842,"sku":"9780887559457","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2a78e90-7dea-43ba-a069-b1167bdd2696.jpg?v=1728694760","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-arts-of-indigenous-health-and-well-being-9780887559457","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}