Global Indigenous Health: Reconciling the Past, Engaging the Present, Animating the Future culture Momaday reminds us that the

Momaday reminds us that the Earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty

the girls find their way back to their extended Mozhay family

the symbolic stories of contemporary Natives

clear freshwater streams and the tents the people slept in

on our relationship to the animal world

Global Indigenous Health: Reconciling the Past, Engaging the Present, Animating the Future culture Momaday reminds us that theIndigenous peoples globally have a keen understanding of their health and wellness through traditional knowledge systems. In the past, traditional understandings of health often intersected with individual, community, and environmental relationships of well being, creating an equilibrium of living well. However, colonization and the imposition of colonial policies regarding health, justice, and the environment have dramatically impacted Indigenous