The Story of the Disease: An Indigenous Perspective on COVID-19

One of the many diagnostic tools that a traditional Native American/First Nations healer uses when meeting a client is to listen to the story of the disease or distress. When does the story start; when does it end? Which characters are emphasized, are there some that are left out? And, perhaps most importantly, what are the main lessons of the story, the plots and subplots, and how can these lessons be used to live in a better way? Not all stories have happy endings, but they all have teachings.

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