Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: INDIGENOUS AMERICA
1 Overview
Margaret P. Moss
2 Precontact Indigenous North America
Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.
3 Postcontact, Sovereignty, and Health
Margaret P. Moss
4 The Roots of American Indian “Nursing”
Margaret P. Moss
5 The Indian Health System and Nursing
Ruth E. Meilstrup and Margaret P. Moss
6 Beyond the IHS: Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Approaches to Health and Healing
S. Neyooxet Greymorning
PART II: NURSING IN THE 10 CULTURAL AREAS: REGIONAL AND TRIBAL ISSUES FOR NURSES
7 AI/AN Elders: Mapping Cultural Areas and Regional Variances in Health
Margaret P. Moss
8 Northeastern Woodlands
Marilynn Malerba
9 Southeastern Woodlands
Lee Anne Nichols
10 American Indian Tribes of the Southwest
Nicolle L. Gonzales
11 Great Basin
Lillian Tom-Orme
12 California Indians
Bette Jacobs
13 Pacific Northwest/Plateau
C. June Strickland
14 Alaska
Christopher M. Nelson
15 Northern Great Plains
Margaret P. Moss and Donna M. Grandbois
16 Urban American Indians
Lisa Martin and Margaret P. Moss
PART III: POLICY, THE FUTURE OF NURSING, AND INDIAN COUNTRY
17 Indian Health Funding: Time for Change
Marilynn Malerba and Margaret P. Moss
18 The Future of Nursing Report and American Indian Nursing Education
Margaret P. Moss
Appendix A:
List of Federally Recognized Tribes
Appendix B:
66 State-Recognized Tribes
Appendix C:
About the Authors
Index