Fighting for our lives: First Nations suicide interventions.
In rural northwest British Columbia, Canada, the truth speaking stories of five First Nations Warriors were collected through purposive sampling to answer three pre-determined research questions. Through their truth speaking, intra-personal and inter-personal data and themes were gathered on the nat...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:unbc_16030 2024-06-02T08:06:41+00:00 Fighting for our lives: First Nations suicide interventions. Waa ksis to akii, Beginning of a New Day Hosanna (Author) Schmidt, Glen (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2008 electronic Number of pages in document: 189 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16030 https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub522 English eng University of Northern British Columbia https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16030 uuid: 4fafbf86-4ec4-4923-92ec-73178a127ae1 bib-number: MR48842 isbn: 978-0-494-48842-3 https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub522 lac: TC-BPGUB-522 Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Native peoples -- Suicidal behavior -- British Columbia Northern Suicide -- Prevention Native peoples -- Mental health -- British Columbia Indians of North America -- Suicidal behavior -- British Columbia Indians of North America -- Mental health -- British Columbia E98.S9 B44 2007 Text thesis 2008 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub522 2024-05-06T00:30:44Z In rural northwest British Columbia, Canada, the truth speaking stories of five First Nations Warriors were collected through purposive sampling to answer three pre-determined research questions. Through their truth speaking, intra-personal and inter-personal data and themes were gathered on the nature of 'driven to suicide', successful suicide interventions, and serendipitous and sacred spiritual life events that helped the Warriors, in fighting for their lives. An 'Indianized' research method, similar to phenomenology's thematic analysis, was created by drawing upon Blackfoot and Sioux cultures as well as referencing Elders from both Red and White Nations. Lastly, a suicide prevention/intervention pamphlet was developed and given back to the Warriors as a gift to their People, who are still fighting for their lives.---P.iii The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1391607 Thesis First Nations Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) |
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In rural northwest British Columbia, Canada, the truth speaking stories of five First Nations Warriors were collected through purposive sampling to answer three pre-determined research questions. Through their truth speaking, intra-personal and inter-personal data and themes were gathered on the nature of 'driven to suicide', successful suicide interventions, and serendipitous and sacred spiritual life events that helped the Warriors, in fighting for their lives. An 'Indianized' research method, similar to phenomenology's thematic analysis, was created by drawing upon Blackfoot and Sioux cultures as well as referencing Elders from both Red and White Nations. Lastly, a suicide prevention/intervention pamphlet was developed and given back to the Warriors as a gift to their People, who are still fighting for their lives.---P.iii The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1391607 |
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Waa ksis to akii, Beginning of a New Day Hosanna (Author) Schmidt, Glen (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) |
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