by Jeffrey More
This booklet intends to show that art therapy is an exceptional way to meet the healing needs of First Nations’ people and communities. It also will demonstrate that the practice of art therapy has similarities with First Nations’ cultural practices.
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In this paper the role visual imagery provides as a foundation for the emergence of storytelling or personal mythmaking (mythopoesis) is examined with an Aboriginal cultural basis. A single case study emerges from one woman's experience in an open community art studio.
Read Moreby Judy L. Whitford
This thesis explores the experience of Aboriginal children participating in art therapy with a focus on how art provides a language to express their inner thoughts and emotions.
Read Moreby Audrey Ward
There is a legacy of abused and neglected children in First Nations communities resulting from what amounts to ongoing attempted cultural genocide by the Provincial and Federal Governments of Canada. My thesis is that the use of art is helpful in assisting clients to identify and work through issues, which are a direct result of 123 years of enforced, mandatory attendance at Indian residential schools.
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