The Healing of First Nations: Dominance or Health?

Authors

  • Marlene Atleo University of British Columbia

Abstract

The historical development of health issues in the Aboriginal community and the implications for First Nations program delivery and health educators is explored from a First Nations perspective. The health education of First Nations people has historically occurred in a field of contradictions and competing interests. In the re-negotiation of the field it is incumbent on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health educators to understand the historical emergence of health issues in the context of relationships between colonial forces and Aboriginal people. The re-negotiation of these relationships to restore Aboriginal peoples to correct relationships with the land, each other, and the colonizer may be understood as part of the work of healing. The devolution of federal health programming to First Nations and provincial organizations provides opportunities for new approaches. As adult educators providing these services we must ask ourselves: Are we participating in dominance or health education?

Résumé

Cet article retrace, du point de vue des peuples des Premières Nations, l'évolution des soins de santé dans l'histoire autochtone, ainsi que sa portée sur la formation des intervenants et la nature des programmes actuels. Le contexte historique de l'éducation aux soins de santé est caractérisé par la confusion et l'affrontement d'intérêts divergents. Il est important pour les intervenants autochtones et non-autochtones de comprendre l'émergence de leur discipline dans le contexte de la négociation entre peuples aborigènes et forces colonisatrices. En renégociant cette relation, les peuples aborigènes pourront retrouver un équilibre avec la nature et avec leurs semblables, et reconnaître le rôle du colonisateur dans le processus de guérison. Le transfert des programmes fédéraux vers les administrations autochtones et provinciales permet d'entrevoir un changement favorable. Dans ce contexte, les éducateurs d'adultes doivent déterminer a quel principe ils se vouent: à l'éducation aux soins de santé, ou au maintien de la relation de domination?

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Published

1997-11-01

How to Cite

Atleo, M. (1997). The Healing of First Nations: Dominance or Health?. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 11(2), 63–77. Retrieved from https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/cjsae/article/view/2052

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (1997)

Section

Perspectives

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