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Indigenous health goes global

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UND’s Department of Indigenous Health prepares to bring students abroad via two international opportunities. Given Europe’s history of colonialism, it was usually easy two centuries ago to determine colonizer from colonized: in Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas, the colonizing party of the 19th century was typically the one with lighter skin. But this wasn’t necessarily […]

UND’s Department of Indigenous Health begins new Global Indigenous Health Perspectives program in New Zealand and Ghana

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“We’re doing an immersion – staying on their ancestral grounds in different communities,” explained Julie Smith-Yliniemi of the Māori people in New Zealand. “The idea is to explore healing practices, mental wellness and recovery, and cultural perspectives within healthcare – things that are working in different Indigenous communities around the world.” An assistant professor in […]