Akak'stiman: A Blackfoot Framework for Decision-Making and Mediation Processes

By Reg Crowshoe and Sybille Manneschmidt

Book Overview

Today, two health structures exist on the Peigan reserve. One is based on Blackfoot culture, and the other is based on European theories of health and healing. Although both methods are used on the reserve, the government only acknowledges the European approach. This book describes Blackfoot healing traditions, their spiritual foundations, and their historical development in great detail.

Akak'stiman shows how Blackfoot healing methods can be integrated with western approaches on the Peigan reserve. Oral evidence from interviews with elders and historical documents bring varying approaches to this timely topic. It is an important document in the neglected field of Indigenous procedures and philosophies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552380440
• ISBN13: 9781552380444
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.1" x 10.0"