Dr. Joseph Couture (1930-2007), known affectionately as "Dr. Joe," stood at the centre of some of the greatest political, social, and intellectual struggles of Aboriginal peoples in contemporary Canada. A profound thinker and writer, as well as a gifted orator, he easily walked two paths, as a respected Elder and traditional healer and as an educational psychologist, one of the first Aboriginal people in Canada to receive a PhD. His work challenged and transformed long-held views of Canada's Indigenous peoples, and his vision and leadership gave direction to many of the current fields of Aboriginal scholarship. His influence extended into numerous areas-education, addictions and mental health treatment, community development, restorative justice, and federal correctional programming for Aboriginal peoples.
With a foreword by Lewis Cardinal, A Metaphoric Mind brings together for the first time key works selected from among Dr. Joe's writings, published and unpublished. Spanning nearly thirty years, the essays invite us to share in his transformative legacy through a series of encounters, with Aboriginal spirituality and ancestral ways of knowing, with Elders and their teachings, with education and its role in politicization, self-determination, and social change, and with the restorative process and the meaning of Native healing.
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Joseph Couture (1930-2007), known affectionately as "Dr. Joe," stood at the centre of some of the greatest political, social, and intellectual struggles of Aboriginal peoples in contemporary Canada. A profound thinker and writer, as well as a gifted orator, he easily walked two paths, as a respected Elder and traditional healer and as an educational psychologist, one of the first Aboriginal people in Canada to receive a PhD.
About the EditorsRuth Couture has authored research reports for the Mistissini Cree and, with Dr. Joseph Couture, for the University of Saskatchewan's Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre and the Aboriginal Peoples' Collection, Public Safety Canada. Virginia McGowan is adjunct associate professor with the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology in the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University. She has been involved in applied anthropology research on the health and well-being of indigenous peoples for over twenty years.
Zusammenfassung
Dr. Joseph Couture (1930-2007), known affectionately as "e;Dr. Joe,"e; stood at the centre of some of the greatest political, social, and intellectual struggles of Aboriginal peoples in contemporary Canada. A profound thinker and writer, as well as a gifted orator, he easily walked two paths, as a respected Elder and traditional healer and as an educational psychologist, one of the first Aboriginal people in Canada to receive a PhD. His work challenged and transformed long-held views of Canada's Indigenous peoples, and his vision and leadership gave direction to many of the current fields of Aboriginal scholarship. His influence extended into numerous areas-education, addictions and mental health treatment, community development, restorative justice, and federal correctional programming for Aboriginal peoples.With a foreword by Lewis Cardinal, A Metaphoric Mind brings together for the first time key works selected from among Dr. Joe's writings, published and unpublished. Spanning nearly thirty years, the essays invite us to share in his transformative legacy through a series of encounters, with Aboriginal spirituality and ancestral ways of knowing, with Elders and their teachings, with education and its role in politicization, self-determination, and social change, and with the restorative process and the meaning of Native healing.
Inhalt
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
ONE Personal Encounter and Ancestral Ways of Knowing
1. Indian Spirituality: A Personal Experience
2. Native and Non-Native Encounter: A Personal Experience
3. Natives and the Earth
TWO Encountering Elders
4. Next Time, Try an Elder!
5. The Role of Native Elders: Emergent Issues
6. Explorations in Native Knowing
THREE Education as Encounter
7. Native Training and Political Change: A Personal Reflection
8. Native Studies and the Academy
9. What Is Fundamental to Native Education? Some Thoughts on the Relationship Between Thinking, Feeling and Learning
FOUR Restorative Justice as Encounter
10. Aboriginal Healing Programs and Plans: Basic Teachings, Concepts, and Core Values for Restorative Justice
11. Aboriginal Behavioural Trauma: Towards a Taxonomy
12. A Window on Traditional Healer Activity: Elements of Healing
FIVE Cornerstone Teachings
On Women and the Woman's Circle
Excerpts from "Dialogues Between Western and Indigenous Scientists"
Recidivism and the Need for Community-Based Healing
Where Are the Stories?
Comments from the Fourth Little Red River Workshop
"My Friend Joe"
Bibliography of Joseph Couture's Works / Acknowledgements / About the Editors