{"product_id":"taking-medicine-9780774818292","title":"Taking Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe buffalo hunter, the medicine man, and the missionary continue to dominate the history of the North American west, even though historians have recognized women's role as both colonizer and colonized since the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristin Burnett helps to correct this imbalance by investigating the convergence of Aboriginal and settler therapeutic regimes in the Treaty 7 region from the perspective of women. Although the imperial eye focused on medicine men, Aboriginal women played important roles as healers and caregivers, and the knowledge and healing work of both Aboriginal and settler women brought them into contact. But as settlement increased and the colonial regime hardened, informal encounters in domestic spaces gave way to more formal, one-sided interactions in settler-run hospitals and nursing stations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy revealing Aboriginal and settler women's contributions to the development of health care in southern Alberta, \u003cem\u003eTaking Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e challenges traditional understandi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Niitsitapi: The Northwestern Plains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Setting the Stage: Engendering the Therapeutic Culture of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Tsuu T’ina, and Nakoda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Giving Birth: Women’s Health Work and Western Settlement, 1850-1900\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Converging Therapeutic Systems: Encounters between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women, 1870s-90s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Laying the Foundation: The Work of Nurses, Nursing Sisters, and Female Attendants on Reserves, 1890-1915\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Taking over the System: Graduate Nurses, Nursing Sisters, Female Attendants, and Indian Health Services, 1915-30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The Snake and the Butterfly: Midwifery and Birth Control, 1900s-30s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404921250135,"sku":"9780774818292","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774818292.jpg?v=1730488060","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taking-medicine-9780774818292","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}