Locating the Ecocentric Self: Inuit Concepts of Mental Health and Illness
I can still see my father drum dancing. He danced with great joy to my mother’s singing, chanting loud cries and reaching innermost insights and outermost spirits – making a connection to the past and to the land. The land is about stories. Inuit sim-ply means “the people, ” those who live here. We...
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Summary: | I can still see my father drum dancing. He danced with great joy to my mother’s singing, chanting loud cries and reaching innermost insights and outermost spirits – making a connection to the past and to the land. The land is about stories. Inuit sim-ply means “the people, ” those who live here. We are the place.” |
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