This course examines Native American and Alaskan Native health conditions and associated systems of healing. Students will investigate historical and contemporary Native perspectives of illness, disease, and wellness. Emphasis will be placed on the sociocultural impact of national and local health policies upon Native physical, social, emotional, and spiritual bodies. A major facet of the class will be the design and implementation of a research partnership with a local tribal health organization in order to conduct an applied medical anthropology project. Readings will draw on medical anthropology ethnographic, Public Health, epidemiologic, biomedical, nursing, and Native studies. 3 cr, Spring sem.

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