INDG 298 Lecture Notes - Healing Lodge

• School: U of S
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 298
• Professor: Allison Piché

Document Summary

Focuses on the social aspects of illness. Close relationship between body and mind as well as health and illness. Bonding between healer than individual receiving the healing. Can be through a shared cultural background or association shared with symbols. To learn more about aboriginal culture and history. Challenges: in terms of access to programs. Inmates don"t like that elders are paid. Elders often have had traumatic experiences themselves inmates may have issues of using the service of an elder who has had drug problems. Finding someone who wants to work in corrections is often difficult. 1. fiscal though the budget has increased each year it is only 2% of the annual correctional budget: access to programs risk of re-offence can be reduced through involvement in culturally appropriate services. Impact has been rather limited due to there not being equal access to the programs. Lack of space and staffing shortages makes there be lower amounts of programs.