Though leisure researchers have in recent years established a growing interest in cross-
cultural leisure research, they have paid little attention to Native American communities. This …

Leisure has the potential to contribute to processes of colonization and decolonization. In
this paper, we propose using trauma-informed practice as part of a decolonizing process in …

Recreation and leisure is a thriving industry with phenomenal growth, tremendous potential,
and diverse career paths and options. Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Second …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the leisure experiences of Aboriginal women in a
Canadian federal prison as they engaged in traditional ceremony. Conceptualized as …

Colonization has left in its wake alarming suicide rates for Indigenous youth. The suicide
rate of Indigenous youth in Canada is five to six times higher than their non-Indigenous …

Abstract The intersection of Euro‐North American leisure and recreation with the cultures
and practices of Aboriginal peoples in North America has received scant attention in …

Originating among the Yorùbá of West Africa, Ifá is an ancient spiritual system that spread
throughout the globe due to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. But over the past 50 years …

In 2001, when Aboriginal women comprised only 3.5% of Canadian women, 23% of
Federally Sentenced Women (FSW) were Aboriginal. In the intervening six year period, the …

Therapeutic Recreation has, within the past decade, begun to look at the impact of
client/patient culture on service delivery. This Research Study, by means of a structured …

This study presents preliminary research on the recreation pursuits 0/Native individuals from
a selected reserve in Canada, and the relationship of recreation preferences and …