“Knowing Who We Are. It’s One of the Most Important Things”: Exploring Identity and Mino-Bimaadiziwin With Algonquin Anishinaabekwewag and Gender-Diverse People from Mattawa and North Bay, Ontario

• Main Authors: Patterson, Kaitlyn, Morcom, Lindsay, Labreche, Karen, St. Amant, Deborah
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health 2024
• Subjects: Storytelling; Indigenous health; Identity; Algonquin; Mino-Bimaadiziwin; Canada; North Bay; anishina*
• Online Access: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/tijih/article/view/41132

Indigenous identity is an important aspect of health. For Anishinaabeg, identity contributes to Mino-Bimaadiziwin (the Good Life), which involves individuals becoming their fullest selves supported by their holistic wellness (i.e. mind, body, spirit, heart), in relationship to people, place, and all...