SWRK 424 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medicine Wheel
23 Jan 2018
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Making therapy accessible for people in remote communities. Sparrowhawk (apache) indigenous artist/ autodidactic historian (cid:862)ur(cid:271)a(cid:374) (cid:374)ati(cid:448)e(cid:863) Edu(cid:272)ate others o(cid:374) ho(cid:449) to (cid:271)e a nati(cid:448)e i(cid:374) the (cid:272)ity, just (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause you"re i(cid:374) the (cid:272)ity does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) you have to be disconnected. Chapter 1-5 reflections from group presentations (forgive the repetition, many chapters connected to similar topics and key points) Illness would be framed in different realms in different communities. Talked about maintain relationship to land and animals. Illness as the absence of the qualities that define wellness, nature defines wellness, lack of nature = illness. Importance of centering the social determinants of health. Importance of maintaining dialogue between traditional and mainstream medicine. Balance between 4 aspects of life : physical, mental, spiritual and emotional aka medicine wheel balance. Traditional healing supports people who feel connected to traditional practices. Workers also need to go through training in order to address suicidality in aboriginal communities.
