Medicine Wheel Journey: An Autobiographical Approach to Developing an Indigenous-centered Helping Framework

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dc.contributor.authorMajore, Delbert
dc.contributor.supervisorCarriere, Jeannine
dc.contributor.supervisorThomas, Qwul'sih'yah'maht Robina Anne
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-13T23:49:34Z
dc.date.available2013-12-13T23:49:34Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-12-13
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Social Worken_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Social Work M.S.W.en_US
dc.description.abstractColonization has always and continues as a destructive influence upon Indigenous people and communities. Medicine Wheel Journey (MWJ) will be my contribution to the healing from colonization of Indigenous peoples. The literature and my work in Indigenous mental health counselling has led me to the conclusion that people essentially want to strengthen themselves and this can often be accomplished by finding their voice and sharing their story. I believe in order to support any person in finding their voice, I had to first find my own. My purpose throughout this research was to identify MWJ as the process of establishing an Indigenous-centered helping framework for mental health counselling with Indigenous peoples. My ancestors became a source of inspiration to tell my story. Essentially, MWJ has helped move me forward by looking at my past. I can now say confidently that I know my history and culture. I have experienced what Dei and Asgharzadeh (2001) describe as a ‘social and political correction’ (p. 298). This thesis describes a method by which members of Indigenous communities can research, write, and share their life stories in order to arrive at Indigenous-centered helping frameworks. This MWJ framework may be applied by Indigenous mental health practitioners as self-care for their own personal development. The main intent of MWJ is to support the help and healing of the Indigenous people and communities they serve. Medicine Wheel Journey as an Indigenous-centered helping framework has allowed me to say I am Métis and this is my story.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0452en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0740en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0347en_US
dc.description.proquestemailim_del@hotmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5082
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectIndigenous-centreden_US
dc.subjectSocial Worken_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Social Worken_US
dc.subjectAboriginalen_US
dc.subjectMetisen_US
dc.subjectDecolonizationen_US
dc.subjectMental Healthen_US
dc.subjectAutobiographyen_US
dc.titleMedicine Wheel Journey: An Autobiographical Approach to Developing an Indigenous-centered Helping Frameworken_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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