Category: Medicine
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DENE WAYS
Oral Tradition — The Living Heartbeat of Our Denesuline Culture “Myths are public dreams, and dreams are private myths.” – Joseph Campbell In this chapter, I write about oral tradition as the heartbeat of our Denesuline culture. Oral traditions are the living foundation of who we are. Long before our people read or write, we…
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Stroke and Recovery in 2019
This blog is my personal observations. They come from my time as a patient at Elizabeth Bruyère Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital, Clinic. I also received care from Ambulatory Stroke Services. I experienced excellent care after suffering a stroke. I later became an outpatient under the care of Dr. Hillel Finestone. I also give some…
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Is Indian Medicine Real?
Francis Mitchell Before my son was born, I saw a Navajo medicine man, Francis Mitchell in New Mexico, to help me conceive. Hubby had had a vasectomy before we got married and he had it reversed 16 years later when we got married. A reversal is less successful the more years since the vasectomy. It took five years before I…
From the Shores of the Ottawa River 