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Walking Together, Working Together
Engaging Wisdom for Indigenous Well-Being
ISBN: 9781772125375
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 10, 2023
272 Pages
Indigenous Elders, healers, Western physicians, and scholars seek complementarities between Indigenous practices and Western biomedicine.
Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih
Stories from the People of the Land
ISBN: 9781772126297
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: February 1, 2022
776 Pages
Life-stories of 23 Gwich’in Elders from the Northwest Territories in Canada speak to changing times.
Wisdom Engaged
Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being
ISBN: 9781772124101
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: July 21, 2019
416 Pages
Collaboration between traditional knowledge and Western bio-medicine aims to improve health care in Northern communities.
The Man Who Lived with a Giant
Stories from Johnny Neyelle, Dene Elder
ISBN: 9781772124088
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: July 11, 2019
160 Pages
A vital book of cultural storytelling for Dene readers and anyone invested in Indigenous knowledge-keeping.
John Rae, Arctic Explorer
The Unfinished Autobiography
ISBN: 9781772123326
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 3, 2019
688 Pages
An annotated edition of John Rae’s unfinished autobiography that completes his unparalleled life story.
Traditions, Traps and Trends
Transfer of Knowledge in Arctic Regions
ISBN: 9781772123722
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: July 23, 2018
352 Pages
An edited collection that surveys Indigenous knowledge practices in northern Canada, Greenland, and Scandinavia.
Imagining the Supernatural North
ISBN: 9781772122671
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 6, 2016
352 Pages
Wide-ranging look at mysterious and misunderstood aspects of northern regions from antiquity to present day.
Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy
ISBN: 9781772120875
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: September 7, 2016
256 Pages
Fifteen social economy case studies of community institutions organized by residents across Canada’s north.
Idioms of Sámi Health and Healing
ISBN: 9781772120882
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: November 2, 2015
248 Pages
Ten experts document the strength of local communities’ using traditional resources for health and prevention.
Walking Together, Working Together
Engaging Wisdom for Indigenous Well-Being
ISBN: 9781772125375
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 10, 2023
272 Pages
Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih
Stories from the People of the Land
ISBN: 9781772126297
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: February 1, 2022
776 Pages
Wisdom Engaged
Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being
ISBN: 9781772124101
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: July 21, 2019
416 Pages
The Man Who Lived with a Giant
Stories from Johnny Neyelle, Dene Elder
ISBN: 9781772124088
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: July 11, 2019
160 Pages
John Rae, Arctic Explorer
The Unfinished Autobiography
ISBN: 9781772123326
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 3, 2019
688 Pages
Traditions, Traps and Trends
Transfer of Knowledge in Arctic Regions
ISBN: 9781772123722
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: July 23, 2018
352 Pages
Imagining the Supernatural North
ISBN: 9781772122671
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 6, 2016
352 Pages
Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy
ISBN: 9781772120875
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: September 7, 2016
256 Pages
Idioms of Sámi Health and Healing
ISBN: 9781772120882
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: November 2, 2015
248 Pages