Acknowledgements i
Introduction 1
PART I Securing Human Well-Being: Toward a Conceptual Framework 7
    A.
 The "Determinants of Health" Model 10
So What? 13
Identifying Determints of Well-Being for Aboriginal Communities
The Determinants of Health to be "Secured" in Social Security Reform 14
    B.
 The Medicine Wheel: An Integrative Scheme of Thought to Guide Action 18
The Person 20
The Family or Clan 22
The Community 24
The Wider World 26
Fitting It All Together 29
The Wheel Turns 32
    C.
 Principles to Guide Action 34
What's a Principle?
      1.
 Human Beings Can Transform Their World 35
      2.
 Development Comes from Within 36
      3.
 Healing is a Necessary Part of Development
      4.
 No Vision, No Development 37
      5.
 Healing and Development Processes must be Rooted in the Culture of the People 38
      6.
 Interconnectedness: The Holistic Approach 39
      7.
 The Hurt of One is the Hurt of All; The Honour of One is the Honour of All 40
      8.
 Unity 41
      9.
 Participation 42
      10.
 Justice 43
      11.
 Spirit 44
      12.
 Morals and Ethics 45
      13.
 Learning 46
      14.
 Sustainability 47
      15.
 Move to the Positive 49
      16.
 Be the Change You Want to See 50
    D.
 The Big Picture 51
A Second Look 56
      1.
 Global Corporation Versus Local Economy 57
      2.
 People's Empowerment and the Rise of Civil Society 59
Summary 61
PART II Healing Issues in Aboriginal Communities 63
    A.
 The Un-Making of a World: A brief review of historical processes that undermined tradtional systems for maintaining balance and harmony 64
    B.
 Current Conditions 69
    C.
 The Current Social Security System 73
    D.
 Strengths and Resources for Healing In Aboriginal Communities 76
PART III Healing Models and Strategies 81
    A.
 Healing from Loss - The Grieving Cycle
    B.
 Recovery from Trauma 84
    C.
 Healing from Sexual Abuse 97
    D.
 Substance Abuse 103
    E.
 Community Health Promotion 110
    F.
 Community Development and Empowerment 118
    G.
 Leadership 133
PART IV Case Studies 135
    A.
 The Alkali Lake Community Story
    B.
 The Story of Hollow Water, Manitoba 149
PART V Conclusions, Proposals and Recommendations 165
    A.
 Essential Elements of Community Healing 166
      1.
 Sanctuary 167
      2.
 Leadership and Mentoring 171
      3.
 Telling the Story 174
      4.
 Learning New Relationships and Building Capacity for a New Life 176
      5.
 Building New Patterns of Life 178
    B.
 Moving from Talk to Action 179
      1.
 An Aboriginal Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 180
      2.
 An Aboriginal Healing Accord 182
      3.
 The Community Healing Fund 184
      4.
 Human and Community Development Societies 185
    C.
 Human Resources Development 187
      1.
 Key Knowledge and Skills Areas for Implementing Community Healing
      2.
 Framework for Aboriginal Community Capacity-Building Program Design 190
    D.
 Summary of Recommendations 192
Appendix A The Community Story Framework: ATool for Participatory Community Analysis 197
Part One: An Introduction to the Community Story Framework 198
Part Two: The Community Story Framework Tool 201
Part Three: Sample Community Story Data Generated by the Theme "Women" 216
Appendix B Using the Medicine Wheel Model to Develop Mental, Emotional, Physical and Spritual Potential 226
Appendix C Additional Information About the Priciniples to Guide Action 228
Appendix D Four Stages of Core Group Development 238
Appendix E Human Resource Development Models 240
Appendix F The Healing Journey Accord 246
Bibliography 255