"Never say die": an ethnohistorical review of health and healing in Aklavik, NWT, Canada

"Never say die": an ethnohistorical review of health and healing in Aklavik, NWT, Canada

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The community of Aklavik, North West Territories, was known as the “Gateway to the North” throughout the first half of the Twentieth Century. In 1959, the Canadian Federal Government decided to relocate the town to a new location for a variety of economic and environmental reasons. Gwitch’in and Inu...

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Main Author: Cooper, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Trott, Christopher (Native Studies)
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Health
Indigenous
History
Colonization
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4103
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-MWU.1993-41032014-03-29T03:43:18Z "Never say die": an ethnohistorical review of health and healing in Aklavik, NWT, Canada Cooper, Elizabeth Trott, Christopher (Native Studies) LaRocque, Emma (Native Studies) Ruml, Mark (Religious Studies, University of Winnipeg) Health Indigenous History Colonization The community of Aklavik, North West Territories, was known as the “Gateway to the North” throughout the first half of the Twentieth Century. In 1959, the Canadian Federal Government decided to relocate the town to a new location for a variety of economic and environmental reasons. Gwitch’in and Inuvialuit refused to move, thus claiming their current community motto “Never Say Die”. Through a series of interviews and participant observation with Elders in Aklavik and Inuvik, along with consultation of secondary literature and archival sources, this thesis examines ideas of the impact of mission hospitals, notions of health, wellness and community through an analysis of some of the events that transpired during this interesting period of history. 2010-09-08T15:36:33Z 2010-09-08T15:36:33Z 2010-09-08T15:36:33Z http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4103 en_US
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topic Health
Indigenous
History
Colonization
spellingShingle Health
Indigenous
History
Colonization
Cooper, Elizabeth
"Never say die": an ethnohistorical review of health and healing in Aklavik, NWT, Canada
description The community of Aklavik, North West Territories, was known as the “Gateway to the North” throughout the first half of the Twentieth Century. In 1959, the Canadian Federal Government decided to relocate the town to a new location for a variety of economic and environmental reasons. Gwitch’in and Inuvialuit refused to move, thus claiming their current community motto “Never Say Die”. Through a series of interviews and participant observation with Elders in Aklavik and Inuvik, along with consultation of secondary literature and archival sources, this thesis examines ideas of the impact of mission hospitals, notions of health, wellness and community through an analysis of some of the events that transpired during this interesting period of history.
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