| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 172 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of suicide in the Sault Tribe -- 3. What is an "Indian"? : Conflicted identity in the Sault Tribe -- 4. Hopelessness kills : development of risk factors for youth suicide and barriers to treatment and relief -- 5. Prevention : an approach to mental health care and treatment models, indicator of social and cultural values -- 6. Conclusion : meanings ... -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Interview questions |
| Summary |
"Guided by the Spirits is a case study of youth suicide in the Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Written by a member of the tribal community, this study focuses on qualitative methods, indigenous experience, and collaborative approaches to explore the social and historical significance of youth suicide in an Ojibwa community. Guided by the Spirits combines traditional methods of analysis, extracts of interviews and field notes, and creative ethnographic writing to present the relationships between culture, history, identity, agency, and youth suicide. This book is a must read for lay readers, policy makers, and researchers who seek a window into contemporary Native American life as well as a critical interpretation of youth suicide in indigenous societies."-- Provided by publisher |
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Suicide is a leading cause of death amongst indigenous North American youth. The majority of studies on indigenous youth suicide focus on quantitative data collection and analysis. Qualitative and collaborative methods provide the cultural and historical contexts necessary for a critical understanding of youth suicide in indigenous communities. Through classic ethnographic methods (structured interviews, participant observation) and descriptive analysis, this work highlights the value of qualitative data. Medical anthropology informs an ethnomedical approach toward youth suicide, death, life, health and related concepts. Analyzing the semantics of prevention and intervention aids a critical-interpretive approach to current research and prevention-intervention frameworks and activities. Through creative ethnographic writing (poetry, creative non-fiction-short stories) and didactic language, dissemination becomes an instrument of community participation in the analytical process. Evidence indicates symbolic associations and violence, structural violence, and maladaptive role of conflicted identity and intergenerational traumatic memory. Fully grasping indigenous youth suicide requires expanding qualitative and mixed methods research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-166) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 25, 2022) |
| Subject |
Ojibwa Indians -- Suicidal behavior -- Michigan
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Ojibwa Indians -- Michigan -- Social conditions
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Ojibwa Indians -- Ethnic identity
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Suicide -- Michigan -- Prevention
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Suicide -- Prevention -- Case studies
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Indians of North America -- Suicidal behavior -- Case studies
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Indigenous youth -- Suicidal behavior -- Case studies
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Social history.
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Indians, North American -- psychology
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Suicide -- ethnology
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Life
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Attitude to Death -- ethnology
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Social Conditions
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Adolescent
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social history.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Social history.
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Indians of North America -- Suicidal behavior.
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Ojibwa Indians -- Ethnic identity.
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Ojibwa Indians -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions.
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Suicide -- Prevention.
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Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.) -- Social conditions
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Michigan -- ethnology |
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Michigan.
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Michigan -- Sault Sainte Marie.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351216821 |
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1351216821 |
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1351216805 |
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9781351216814 |
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1351216813 |
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9781351216791 |
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9781351216807 |
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1351216791 |
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