A Mi'kmaq First Nation cosmology: investigating the practice of contemporary Aboriginal Traditional Medicine in dialogue with counselling – toward an Indigenous therapeutics

This paper explores from a Mi’kmaq and Aboriginal standpoint foundational knowledge in Indigenous therapeutics. Based on an eco-social-psycho-spiritual way of working, the article proposes Indigenous cultural models that open a window to a rich cultural repository of meanings associated with Indigen...

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Published in:Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Main Author: Bowers, Kisiku Sa'qawei Paq'tism Randolph
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Scholarship@Western 2010
Subjects:
Mi’kmaq
aboriginal
indigenous
traditional medicine
therapy
counselling
Psychiatry and Psychology
Online Access:https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/aprci/438
https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2010.493205
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/aprci/article/1006/viewcontent/A_Mikmaq_First_Nation_cosmology__investigating_the_practice_of_contemporary_Aborginal_Traditional__Medicine.pdf
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Summary:This paper explores from a Mi’kmaq and Aboriginal standpoint foundational knowledge in Indigenous therapeutics. Based on an eco-social-psycho-spiritual way of working, the article proposes Indigenous cultural models that open a window to a rich cultural repository of meanings associated with Indigenous cosmology, ontology and epistemology. The three layers of meaning, theory and practice within the symbolic ‘Medicine Lodge’ or ‘Place of The Dreaming’ give rise to ways of working that are deeply integrative and wholistic. These forms of Indigenous theory and practice have much to offer the counselling and complimentary health professions.

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