Healing the wounds of school by returning to the land
Cree elders come to the rescue of a lost generation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4388995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Roué (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 187 |
| Pages | 15-24 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2006.00596.x |
| OpenAlex | W2013972299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 2 |
How can indigenous peoples react to a situation of change that has a particularly strong effect on their youth? This article attempts to understand whether young Crees, who today find themselves all too often in a situation of double social exclusion, can complete their schooling, thus qualifying for work in the dominant society, while at the same time gaining command of the knowledge and know-how of their own society. Among the James Bay Cree Indians, some elders welcome youngsters after a period of delinquency and who are having problems into their hunting camps, and by initiating them to life "on the land" succeed in restoring their relationship with the world. This exemplary experience makes it possible to imagine solutions for helping indigenous youth fully to benefit from the two worlds in which they have roots. The elders, by inventing a healing process based on an initiation to the natural and cultural environment, offer a modern-day shamanism
Criminology · Economic growth · Environmental ethics · Indigenous · Juvenile delinquency · Political science · Shamanism · Sociology · Work (physics) · Attention Economy in Education and Business · Ecology · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · History · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
Traditional Indigenous Approaches to Healing and the modern welfare of Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands
Aboriginal Perspectives on Social-Emotional Competence in Early Childhood
Indigenous Knowledge, Community and Education in a Western System
Many Eyes on Nature
Land-Based Intervention
Learning from Those Who Do
Mourning the Land
Impacts of Environmental Changes on Well-Being in Indigenous Communities in Eastern Canada
“It’s a change your life kind of program”
Returning to Our Roots
Avant les inondations
Mind over body
Local and scientific knowledge in the school context
Technology, material culture and the well-being of Aboriginal peoples of Canada
| Citations per year | 0.82 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2021 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |