Abstract
Events Revisited: Indigenous and Black Perspectives & the Importance of Memory | Revoir les événements : les perspectives des Noirs et des Autochtones et l’importance de la mémoire
Chair / Présidente: Bimadoshka Pucan | Commentator / commentateur: Alika Lafontaine
1) Sacred Medicine Songs of the Anishinaabeg in Ontario - Bimadoshka Pucan
2) Death of Tecumseh: perspectives of history - Vivian C. McAlister
3) Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada's the first native-born Black physician, and the Toronto General Hospital Catherine Slaney
4) Buxton Mission School and the Freedmen's Hospital in the US Civil War - Shannon Prince
Learning Objectives At the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Describe and assess research methods and demonstrate their knowledge of the history of health and medicine related to Indigenous and Black perspectives and the importance of memory 2. Discuss and develop a wider critical perspective on the history of health and medicine concerning Indigenous and Black perspectives and the importance of memory that can help inform their perspectives on issues related to practice and relevant public debates.
Keywords
- medicine songs,
- Anishinaabeg,
- tecumseh,
- war of 1812,
- Toronto General Hospital,
- Black physicians,
- slavery,
- American civil war
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 2, 2021
Citation Information
Bimadoshka Pucan, Vivian C. McAlister, Catherine Slaney, Shannon Prince, et al.. "Events Revisited | Revoir les événements" Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vivianmcalister/300/