Medical Themes: <span>Indigenous Health</span>

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All Suriname Indigenous Health Metabolic Health

Mar 15, 2023

WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED , ANOTHER IS OPEN, SAID BOB MARLEY AND THE THEFT AND LOSS OF MY BEADED NECK BAG AT JAKARTA AIRPORT

I have been associated with the Native Indians of North America throughout my stays in this land, some tribes become like family, others transfer a little bit of their knowledge…

Feb 15, 2023

ESTABANICO OF AZEMOUR MOROCCO AND THE INDIANS OF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.. A FULL CIRCLE

I have been very fortunate to be associated with the Native peoples of the USA which is often referred to as Turtle Island. During my conversations with knowledgeable elders, they…

Jan 15, 2023

WHERE ARE YOU FROM ORIGINALLY? WHAT IS YOUR NATIONALITY ?

This is a question I have heard all my life. The divergence of my body (asian) and mind (post renaissance Europe) and soul (indigenous) confuses many who are used to…

Jan 15, 2023

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR AND IGNORE THE LISTS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. .. CHUCK AWAY YOUR NEW YEAR LISTS, BUCKET LISTS ETC

One of the favourite pastimes in the western world is to predict the weather or repeat the drastic prediction made by slender, flimsily clad "certified meterologists" (whatever that is ).…

Dec 15, 2022

YALDA THE LONGEST NIGHT . LET LIGHT TRIUMPH OVER DARKNESS, IN IRAN AND IN AFGHANISTAN ..INDONESIA ..THE LIST IS LONG

Tonight is 21 december .. it is the night of Yalda .. It is the longest night, full of darkness and this morning when young women went to their universities…

Dec 15, 2022

AN ANTHROPOLOGIST MOURNS PELE: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM GRIEF, AS INDIANS WOULD TEACH US

The watch on the wrist makes a ping noise, BBC notification: The football great PELE has died, aged 82 and the Israelite Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paolo, Brasil. Most…

Dec 15, 2022

IF WE APPRECIATE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE, OUR HAPPINESS WILL MAKE OTHERS HAPPY

My UmonHon Indian teacher, Pierre said to me, appropriately after I had hurried to the Clinic of the tribe, without much attention to the blue skies, and an eagle following…

Nov 15, 2022

I AM GLAD I HAVE MIAMI IN BETWEEN MY TRAVELS .. always grateful to the NATIVE INDIANS

I just arrived back in Miami from South East Asia .. the drastic change (food and people ) is softened by the fact that Miami is as tropical spot, one…

Nov 15, 2022

DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON IN KUALA LUMPUR. THE PLEASURES OF THE EXECUTIVE CLUB ON FLOOR 34

An elderly gentleman, kind and soft spoken with a son in Sydney who is an accountant took me from the airport to the hotel Double Tree by Hilton in Kuala…

Oct 15, 2022

THE LAST OF THE BUKHARAN JEWS TONIGHT BEGINS THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF SUKKOTH

I always had an interest in knowing the history of ancient jewish communities which for various reasons disappear over the course of time. Since the establishment of the Jewish State…

Aug 15, 2022

DO NOT SEARCH FOR PEOPLE TO MEET, THOSE WHO YOU NEED TO MEET WILL COME YOUR WAY, SAID MY MESKWAKIA TEACHER

My introduction to the world of Native American people propitiously began with the traditional tribe of MESKWAKIA and I have to be grateful to them, as I ended up dedicating…

Jul 15, 2022

CONGRATULATIONS FOUNDATION DAY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT DR HARISINGH GOUR VISHWAVIDYALAY, SAGAR MP INDIA

THANKS TO MY FRIEND DR. BIJAYA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment .…