Promoting health and wellness through Indigenous sacred sites, ceremony grounds, and land-based learning
A scoping review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15043776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Moneca Sinclaire (University of Manitoba), Lindsay P Allen (0000-0002-7870-0301, University of Manitoba), A R Hatala (0000-0002-8063-5852, University of Manitoba, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 560-568 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/11771801241251411 |
| OpenAlex | W4398222650 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 40 |
This study analyzes the literature on Indigenous sacred sites within the larger topic areas of land-based education and healing, as per the guidance of Anishinaabe (a group of Indigenous Peoples from the Great Lakes and the Great Plains areas of contemporary Canada and USA) Elders and community leaders in eastern Manitoba, Canada. A scoping review was conducted to identify the size, scope, nature, and key themes of existing research in seven databases, inclusive of gray literature which is a key source for Indigenous organizations. In total, we analyzed 35 articles and documents. The emerging themes included: (1) sacred sites and the promotion of health and wellness; (2) sacred sites as places of knowledge; (3) the desecration and protection of sacred sites; and (4) legal battles between Indigenous Peoples and the state. Recommendations to advance understandings and correct colonially imposed imbalances are discussed, and health and legal implications are outlined
Archaeology · Ceremony · Environmental ethics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Indigenous · Sociology · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Environmental Science · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Philosophy · Ecology
Indigenous health part 2
Introduction
“It’s a change your life kind of program”
Colonial Trauma
“The land is a healer”
Land-Based Healing Through Adventure
Restoring Our Roots
Letsemot, “Togetherness”
“That land means everything to us as Anishinaabe….”
Link to the Land and Mino-Pimatisiwin (Comprehensive Health) of Indigenous People Living in Urban Areas in Eastern Canada
Reclaiming Land, Identity and Mental Wellness in Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Territory
Developing an Exploratory Framework Linking Australian Aboriginal Peoples’ Connection to Country and Concepts of Wellbeing
The Land Nurtures Our Spirit”
Learning from Those Who Do
Land and nature as sources of health and resilience among Indigenous youth in an urban Canadian context
Connection to the land as a youth-identified social determinant of Indigenous Peoples’ health
Returning to Our Roots
Paddling as resistance? Exploring an Indigenous approach to land-based education amongst Manitoba youth
The determinants of First Nation and Inuit health
Anishinabe youth perceptions about community health
Therapeutic landscapes and First Nations peoples
Elder teachers gather at Manitou Api, Manitoba
Qualitative Trends in Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Treatment for Underserved Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
The Haudenosaunee Imagination and the Ecology of the Sacred
Scoping studies
Urban Aboriginal mobility in Canada
Re-imagining miyo-wicehtowin
Paddling the Biigtig
Educate to perpetuate
Sacred Sites Protection and Indigenous Women's Activism
Traditional Indigenous Approaches to Healing and the modern welfare of Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands
The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools
Identity, Prejudice and Healing in Aboriginal Circles
Relational Validity and the "Where" of Inquiry
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |