Ward Leonor Mercedes, Hill Mary Janet, Antane Nikashant, Chreim Samia, Olsen Harper Anita, Wells Samantha
Population Health Ph.D. Program, Faculty of Health Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.
Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation, Innu Nation of Labrador, Sheshatshiu, NL A0P 1M0, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 12;18(10):5102. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105102.
We examined Indigenous views of wellbeing, aiming to understand how the Labrador Innu view influence of land on their health. The Innu live in two First Nation communities (Sheshatshiu and Natuashish) in the subarctic portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Their views on land and wellbeing are context specific and have not been studied; our research addresses this significant gap in literature. Findings highlight that the experience of being on the land with family and community, learning cultural knowledge, and gaining a sense of identity play a major role in enhancing wellbeing. Externally imposed policies and programs conceiving Indigenous land as a physical place only fail to understand that land sustains wellbeing by emplacing knowledge systems and cultural identity.
我们研究了原住民对幸福的看法，旨在了解拉布拉多因纽特人如何看待土地对他们健康的影响。因纽特人生活在加拿大纽芬兰与拉布拉多省亚北极地区的两个第一民族社区（谢沙特希乌和纳图阿希什）。他们对土地和幸福的看法因具体情况而异，此前尚未得到研究；我们的研究填补了这一重要的文献空白。研究结果表明，与家人和社区一起置身于土地上、学习文化知识以及获得身份认同感的经历，对提升幸福感起着重要作用。那些仅将原住民土地视为一个物理场所的外部强加政策和项目，未能认识到土地通过承载知识体系和文化身份来维系幸福。
