Native American Communities on Health and Disability

1. Introduction
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

Section 1. Western Academic Voices

2. Issues of Translation
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

3. A Few Commonalities of Connectivity, Energies and Ethics
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

4. Manners, Humor and Silence
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

Section 2. Native American Voices

5. Native American Beliefs Concerning Health and Unwellness
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

6. Traditional Beliefs about Disabilities
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

7. Yaqui Beliefs of Wellness and Unwellness
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

8. Hopi Beliefs of Wellness and Unwellness
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

9. The San Carlos Apache Beliefs of Wellness and Unwellness
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

Section 3. “Don’t Try on it No More”

10. Traditional Ways of Wellness
Lavonna L. Lovern, Carol Locust

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology, general, Medical Sociology, Ethnicity Studies, Social Structure, Social Inequality