Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 26-33Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.05.008
Keywords
Indigenous; Environmental dispossession; Resilience; Lake superior; Community-based research
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [191507]
- CIHR Operating Grant - Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health [191508]
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This article shares results of a community-based (CBR) study that qualitatively examined the perceived health impacts of environmental dispossession among Elders in two Anishinaabe communities in Ontario, Canada. Through in-depth interviews, Elders (n = 46) recounted changes in health and wellbeing, specifically that related to reduced access to traditional foods and decreased capacity to participate in, and share knowledge of, land-based practices. Elders discussed the ways in which they have remained resilient to these changes in their ways of living. With a greater purpose of proposing solutions that will improve contemporary patterns of Indigenous health, this research underscores the importance of engaging theoretically in concepts of environmental dispossession and resilience. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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