SOSC 3921 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Quebec Agreement, Well-Founded Relation, Medicine Wheel
16 Feb 2017
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But many indigenous elders and teachers say the traditional knowledge is never really forgotten only left behind temporarily: as long as you have the method of doing something you can regain the knowledge that is lost. Many traditions have been retained and are experiencing a resurgence, ex. medicine wheel teaching, sweatlodge, sundance, potlatch, seasonal and coming of age ceremonies, herbal and spiritual healing knowledge etc. We are understood to be living in the seventh fire there is a lot of damage that has been done so it will be a long time before we can get back to where we should be. Garo (1991): 21% of patients requested traditional healing services, 62% report visiting healers over an 8-month period. Indigenous patients often utilize both biomedical, cams, and traditional healing. Re-emergence of indigenous traditions sparked debate about what counted as traditional". In 1900s to 1970"s it came from how academics and anthropologist understand traditions and culture.
