Book
Medicine and politics among the Grand River Iroquois: a study of the non-conservatives
National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Man • (4) • Published In 1972 • Pages: [xiv], 182 [double-column]
By: Weaver, Sally M..
Abstract
This is a study of medical acculturation among the 3,000 non-conservative Christian Iroquois living on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada. Weaver attempts to determine the nature and extent of the non-conservative reliance on Western medical technology at both the family and community levels. Since the Six Nations Iroquois have been subject to the acculturative effects of White society for some time, it was expected that their medical beliefs and behavior would also reflect this acculturation. In large part this was found to be true, as documented in this work. Even though certain administrative policies of the Canadian government were extremely unpopular with non-conservatives during the 1950-1966 period, and evoked strong anti-government reactions, they nevertheless continued to make full use of all government established medical services during that period of crisis. Other topics discussed in this document are the non-conservative's knowledge of traditional herbal remedies, status differences in medical beliefs and practices, and the conflict situation that arose between 'elites' and the band Council when the former group attempted to alter community health standards (p. ix).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1996
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1994
- Field Date
- 1963-1965 (p. xi-xii)
- Coverage Date
- 1950-1966
- Coverage Place
- Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada
- Notes
- Sally M. Weaver
- Originally published as the author's Ph.D. thesis, University of Toronto, 1967.
- Summary in French
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-182)
- LCSH
- Iroquois Indians