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Sharon L. Acoose, PhD (Kiishiibii-biizuu-kinew-lkew, Circling Eagle Woman) has woven together an Indigenous knowledge base – specifically: a group comprised of Instructors, Administration, and Alumni from the School of Indigenous Social Work at the First Nations University of Canada – to provide an informed discussion on ethics through an Indigenous lens. The culmination of this work offers the reader an understanding of the praxis of ethics from Indigenous voices about, and for, Indigenous people. It is vital to note that the School of Indigenous Social Work is culturally and traditionally motivated. This book is about highlighting the strong ethics infused within the structural base of the School of Indigenous Social Work program. The authors have all brought a different view on ethics and the importance of maintaining a strong balance: emotionally, spiritually, physically and mentally.

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FACING THE MOUNTAIN: Indigenous Healing in th …

Nowhere in the texts on counselling, recovery, or lifespan development does it make links between well-being and not having your land stolen. When an entire people are generally portrayed as mentally ill, because that is, of course, what it means to have a diagnosis of clinical depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder, it is easy for the State to view these people as unfit to manage their lives. Then, all sorts of functions are performed on Indigenous families that are tantamount to victim-blaming formulations that, in the end, deny opportunities associated with full citizenship. The author goes beyond offering social analysis, and possible pathways toward healing, and shares her own experience as an Indigenous woman with Metis, Cree and Gwichin heritage. She talks about her approach to a second cancer diagnosis, and explores the way she characterized her experience of chemotherapy and radiation in a way that cast the journey as personal and heroic, rather than merely medical and out of her control. One of the main contributions of this book is a discussion of how mainstream counselling and the helping professions have overlooked important facts about oppression, including the reminder from Gloria Steinem that the personal is political. AUTHOR'S NOTE: If there is one take away from this book, it is the reality of health and social inequalities for Indigenous people due to colonization. This means Indigenous individuals and communities are more susceptible to covid. If you are, or want to be, a good ally, please keep following covid protocols... to avoid the spread of the virus into vulnerabilized Indigenous communities. We need to keep our people alive!!

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