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"[A]n extraordinary textbook that addresses the historical and national impact of healthcare and nursing on the American Indian... Although written for nurses, the usefulness of this healthcare textbook extends far beyond this professional practice. Anyone who wants to understand how healthcare is delivered to the American Indian population will be become well informed while immersed in this text. In this day of indigenizing the academy, including nursing, this textbook would be an excellent resource in Native Studies, Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, or Education."
--Karen Doty-Sweetnam, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Studies, Brandon University, The Canadian Journal of Native Studies
The first book to examine the profound disparities in American Indian health, and how they can be remedied, through a nursing lens
The average life expectancy of a male born on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota today is somewhere in the mid-40s‚the lowest life expectancy of all peoples not only in the United States but the entire Western Hemisphere. Written by and for nurses, this is the first text to focus exclusively on American Indian health and nursing. In fact, it is likely the only nursing book to even mention American Indian health as a distinct entity. The text addresses the profound disparities in policy, health care law, and health outcomes that affect American Indians, and describes how these disparities, woven into the cultural, environmental, historical, and geopolitical fabric of American Indian society, are responsible for the marked lack of well-being among American Indians.
American Indian nurse authors, natives of nine unique American Indian cultures, address the four domains of health‚ physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional‚ within each region to underscore the many stunning inequalities of opportunity for health and well-being within the American Indian culture compared with Anglo culture. In an era of cultural competency, these expert nurse authors bring awareness of what is perhaps the least understood minority population in the United States. The text covers the history of American Indians with a focus on the drastic changes that occurred following European contact. Included are excerpts from relevant journal articles, historical reports, interviews with tribal health officials, and case studies. The book addresses the roots of American Indian nursing, including coverage of indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing. It examines current issues surrounding American Indian nursing, nursing education, and health care within 10 distinct American Indian cultural populations,including a crucial discussion of the health care needs of American Indians living in urban areas.
KEY FEATURES:
Focuses exclusively on American Indian health and nursing‚ the first book to do so
Written by American Indian nurses
Covers four domains of health: physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional
Highlights nine specific cultural areas spanning Indian Country, each with its own unique history and context, with urban spaces as a final area
Contents
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: INDIGENOUS AMERICA
1 Overview
Margaret P. Moss
2 Precontact Indigenous North America
Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.
3 Postcontact, Sovereignty, and Health
Margaret P. Moss
4 The Roots of American Indian "Nursing"
Margaret P. Moss
5 The Indian Health System and Nursing
Ruth E. Meilstrup and Margaret P. Moss
6 Beyond the IHS: Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Approaches to Health and Healing
S. Neyooxet Greymorning
PART II: NURSING IN THE 10 CULTURAL AREAS: REGIONAL AND TRIBAL ISSUES FOR NURSES
7 AI/AN Elders: Mapping Cultural Areas and Regional Variances in Health
Margaret P. Moss
8 Northeastern Woodlands
Marilynn Malerba
9 Southeastern Woodlands
Lee Anne Nichols
10 American Indian Tribes of the Southwest
Nicolle L. Gonzales
11 Great Basin
Lillian Tom-Orme
12 California Indians
Bette Jacobs
13 Pacific Northwest/Plateau
C. June Strickland
14 Alaska
Christopher M. Nelson
15 Northern Great Plains
Margaret P. Moss and Donna M. Grandbois
16 Urban American Indians
Lisa Martin and Margaret P. Moss
PART III: POLICY, THE FUTURE OF NURSING, AND INDIAN COUNTRY
17 Indian Health Funding: Time for Change
Marilynn Malerba and Margaret P. Moss
18 The Future of Nursing Report and American Indian Nursing Education
Margaret P. Moss
Appendix A:
List of Federally Recognized Tribes
Appendix B:
66 State-Recognized Tribes
Appendix C:
About the Authors
Index
