Harvesting wellness with Okanagan sockeye salmon
department or school: Health and Social Development, Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Nursing, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Johnson, Suzanne J.
issued: 2020-04-03T23:00:42Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Prior to colonization the Syilx Okanagan people were healthy and strong, by honouring reciprocal relationships with salmon and all living things. Colonization contributed to a loss of salmon abundance that is now being restored by the Syilx Okanagan Nation. The relationship that Syilx people have with salmon is also being reintroduced to those who are not familiar with it. This study explores how restoring Syilx connections to salmon have impacted the well-being of Syilx Okanagan peoples by asking, how do Syilx Okanagan Nation members understand the influence of Sockeye Salmon reintroduction on their wellness? and how can an Indigenous centered relational research process promote a diversity of knowledge in regard to the role of traditional foods within an Indigenous context? A relational methodology that is fundamentally informed by Syilx knowledge utilizing an En’owkinwixw methodology through a postcolonial lens and an interpretive phenomenological (IP) method was applied to increase understanding of a collective experience of wellness. Eight participant interviews with Syilx Okanagan Nation members increased my understanding of the influence of Sockeye Salmon reintroduction on their wellness. This inquiry revealed that for participants, wellness was not fully present in the absence of salmon and that participants’ understandings of wellness reflected a uniquely Syilx perspective. An element of this perspective is that salmon creates a spiritual connectedness that is at the core of Syilx wellness with Salmon. Findings reveal that spiritual connectedness is comprised of the senses of belief, identity and reciprocity and is supported by Syilx traits of wellness that include relationships, connections, responsibility, participating and sharing and purpose. A storied account of the salmon cycle from the literature draws from generations of Syilx perspective to provide agreement that salmon brings strength to Syilx wellness and stability to social and governing structu…
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/73901
note: HARVESTING WELLNESS WITH OKANAGAN SOCKEYE SALMON by Suzanne J. Johnson B.Sc., The University of British Columbia, 1992 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE In THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) March 2020 © Suzanne J Johnson, 2020 ii Committee Recommendation Form The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: Harvesting Wellness with Okanagan sockeye salmon submitted by Suzanne J Johnson in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science . C. Susana Caxaj, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development Co-Supervisor Jeannette Armstrong, Indigenous Studies, Community, Culture and Global Studies Co-Supervisor Noreen D. Willows, Agricultural Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta Co-Supervisor John Wagner, Anthropology, Community, Culture and Global Studies Supervisory Committee Member Michael Evans, Anthropology, Community, Culture and Global Studies University Examiner iii Dedication inx̌mínk kəәc mistísəәlx axaʔ isck̕ʷúl ̕ x̌əәl iʔ tmxʷúlaxʷ uɬ iʔ siwɬkʷ iʔ scxʷəәlxʷálts uɬ a cmistím k̕əәl yaʕyáʕt a cxʷəәlxʷált iʔ nsyilxcn a nqílxʷcəәns iʔ syilx tl sukʷnaqín. axaʔ iʔ tmxʷulaxʷ naʔɬ iʔ siwɬkʷ lut pnkin t ̕əә xʷic’məәntəәm k̕l swit, uɬ iʔ kʷu‿syilx a cmistim uɬ a ck̕ʷúlstm iʔ cáwtəәt iʔ k̕əәl stəәɬtáɬtəәt iʔ sc’x̌ʷax̌ʷtəәt tl k̕ʷul’əәncútəәn iʔ k̕əәl sx̌aspʔiwtəәt uɬ k̕l yaʕt a cxʷəәlxʷált k̕əәl niʕip. incá isck̕ɬpáx̌ caʔkʷ axaʔ isck̕ʷúl’ t ̕iʔ kmax iʔ k̕l x̌ast k̕l iʔ sukʷnaqínx iʔ kʷu‿syilx. iv Abstract Prior to colonization the Syilx Okanagan people were healthy and strong, by honouring reciprocal relationships with salmon and all living things. Colonization contributed to a loss of salmon abundance that is now being restored by the Syilx Okanagan Nation. The relationship that Syilx people …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0389726
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/73901