Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing

<p>The <i>Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing </i>consists of five themes, namely, physical, social and emotional, economic, cultural and spiritual, and subjective wellbeing. It fills a substantial gap in the current literature on the wellbeing of Indigenous people and communities around the world.</p><p>This handbook sheds new light on understanding Indigenous wellbeing and its determinants, and aids in the development and implementation of more appropriate policies, as better evidence-informed policymaking will lead to better outcomes for Indigenous populations. </p><p>This book provides a reliable and convenient source of information for policymakers, academics and students, and allows readers to make informed decisions regarding the wellbeing of Indigenous populations. It is also a useful resource for non- government organizations to gain insight into relevant global factors for the development of stronger and more effective international policies to improve the lives of Indigenous communities.</p> <p>1. The Complexity of Measuring Indigenous Welbeing <i>(Matthew Manning and Christopher Fleming) </i>2. Understanding Wellbeing <i>(Matthew Manning and Christopher Fleming) </i><b>Part I: Physical Wellbeing </b>3. Health and Physical Wellbeing of the Sámi People <i>(Per Axelsson and Christina Storm Mienna) </i>4. Chronic Disease among Native North Americans <i>(Leslie Redmond and Joel Gittelsohn) </i>5. Changing Concepts of Wellness among the Swahili of Lamu Town, Kenya <i>(Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy and Munib Said Mafazy) </i>6. Physical Wellbeing of Native Hawaiians, the Indigenous People of Hawai’i <i>(Joseph Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, Andrea H. Hermosura and Mapuana C.K. Antonio) </i>7. Traditional Healing and Indigenous Wellbeing in Aotearoa, New Zealand <i>(Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll and Amohia Boulton) </i>8. Physical Wellbeing of Māori <i>(Denise Wilson, Amohia Boulton and Isaac Warbrick) </i><b>Part II: Social and Emotional Wellbeing </b>9. Wellbeing in Swedish Indigenous Sami Children and Young-People: Looking Back and Looking Forward <i>(Susanne Garvis and Lotta Omma) </i>10. Well-Being Considerations among Selected North American Indian Populations: Relationships, Spirits, and Connections <i>(Lyle J. Noisy Hawk and Joseph Trimble) </i>11. Socio-Economic Wellbeing of the Basarwa People of Botswana: A Forgotten Generation <i>(Keitseope Nthomang and Pelotshweu Moepeng) </i>12. The Comparative Wellbeing of the New Zealand Māori and Indigenous Australian Populations since 2000 <i>(Matthew Gray and Boyd Hunter) </i><b>Part III: Economic Wellbeing </b>13. Economic Wellbeing of Canada’s Indigenous People <i>(Belayet Hossain and Laura Lamb) </i>14. El ‘Buen Vivir’: Notions of Wellbeing Among Indigenous Peoples Of South America <i>(Ana Maria Peredo) </i>15. The Economic Wellbeing of the San of the Western, Central, and Eastern Kalahari Regions of Botswana <i>(Robert Hitchcock and Maria Sapignoli) </i>16. Economic Wellbeing of the Indigenous People in the Asia Pacific Region: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development <i>(Rick Colbourne and Robert B Anderson) </i>17. The Social and Economic Situation of Scheduled Tribes in India <i>(Daniel Neff, Cornelis W. Haasnoot, Sebastian Renner and Kunal Sen) </i>18. Māori Identity and Economic Wellbeing <i>(Carla Houkamau) </i><b>Part IV: Cultural and Spiritual Wellbeing </b>19. "We have our own way:" Exploring Pathways for Wellbeing Among Inuit in Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada <i>(Alexandra Sawatzky, Ashlee Cunsolo, Sherilee L. Harper, Inez Shiwak and Michele Wood) </i>20. Indigenous Culture-as-Treatment in the Era of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice <i>(Andrew Pomerville and Joseph P. Gone) </i>21. The Relationship between Child Labour, Participation in Cultural Activities, and the Schooling Outcomes of Children: An Analysis by Indigenous Status <i>(Lilia Arcos Holzinger and Nicholas Biddle) </i>22. <i>Mabu liyan</i>: The Yawuru Way <i>(Mandy Yap and Eunice Yu) </i><b>Part V: Subjective Wellbeing </b>23. Subjective ellbeing of Aboriginal Peoples of Canada <i>(Shashi Kant, Ilan Vertinsky and Bin Zheng) </i>24. Subjective Wellbeing of Indigenous Latin Americans: Regional Trends and the Case of Mexico’s Indigenous People <i>(Lilia Arcos Holzinger and Nicholas Biddle) </i>25. Subjective Wellbeing of the P’urhépecha People: Between Tradition and Modernity<i> (Mariano Rojas and Paz Chávez) </i>26. Subjective Wellbeing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island People of Australia <i>(Christopher L. Ambrey, Christopher Fleming and Matthew Manning) </i>27. Indigenous Wellbeing and Future Challenges <i>(Matthew Manning and Christopher Fleming)</i></p>