1st Edition
Decolonizing Mental Health Research Integrating Indigenous Land-Based Perspectives and Therapeutic Frameworks
1. The Trees are Still Dancing 2. Decolonizing Health from Traditional Therapies 3. wâhkôhtowin: Rethinking Health Research from Kinships Perspectives 4. Decolonizing Health Research from and within Personal Healing Journey 5. Land-based Ceremonies as Healing 6. Land as Health Self-determination: Translating Indigenous Ceremony into Mental Health Frameworks 7. Wapaniwiw Iskwew: Land Based Mental Health Healing Lodge Steps 8. sohkêyihtamowin: Cree Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Land-Based Wellness 9. Kinship Economies & Educational Sovereignty: Rebuilding Nations through Cree Teacher Education and Indigenomics 10. Conclusion: Reaffirming Cree Ways of Knowing and Being
Biography
Jody M. Houle, PhD, is a Plains‑Cree scholar from Goodfish Lake, and completed her doctoral studies through the University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills program. Her research focuses on Indigenous mental health and social work, centering on community‑based understandings and culturally grounded supports for wellness.
Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis, PhD, is a Plains‑Cree educator and assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan, hailing from Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation. He leads Indigenous‑language revitalization and land‑based Cree immersion programs.
Ranjan Datta, PhD, is Canada Research Chair in Community Disaster Research and associate professor in Indigenous Studies at Mount Royal University. His interdisciplinary research bridges Indigenous land-based knowledge, climate justice, and community-led disaster adaptation in Canada, Bangladesh, Nepal, Ghana and beyond.
