A path of healing and wellness for native families

Authors
Rogers, B
Citation
B. Rogers, A path of healing and wellness for native families, AM BEHAV SC, 44(9), 2001, pp. 1512-1514
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST
ISSN journal
00027642 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1512 - 1514
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7642(200105)44:9<1512:APOHAW>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Native families have had a long history of holistic living. Living in coope ration with the environment, animals, and the spirit world has connected na tive people to the sacred hoop. This reverence for balance and a spiritual belief that the child is the center of the universe and tribe gave tremendo us strength and resiliency to generations past and to today's native surviv ors.