Acting on iniquities. The aboriginal everyday struggle for health. An anthropological case study among the atikamekw on-reserve community of manawan - Québec, Canada

In Canada, Aboriginal people represent a minority in some measure excluded by the high socio-economical levels and health standard of the country. Through an ethnographical study he conducted among the Atikamekw reserve of Manawan – Qc, the author of this work explores and investigates the condition...

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Main Author: Mendes, Felismina
Other Authors: Rechtman, Richard
Format: Master Thesis
Language:Portuguese
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/3160
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Summary:In Canada, Aboriginal people represent a minority in some measure excluded by the high socio-economical levels and health standard of the country. Through an ethnographical study he conducted among the Atikamekw reserve of Manawan – Qc, the author of this work explores and investigates the conditions of possibility for an Aboriginal on-reserve community, to locally act in the direction of a transformative change on the pathogenic system affecting their health. And he eventually opens a glimmer on the much at stake concerning the health of Aboriginal people.