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indigenous healing  

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  • The term indigenous has been used primarily in anthropology and social sciences to refer to customs or people who are native to a specific region. In this context, indigenous implies a cultural referent that is non-native; this perspective has been characterized traditionally as Western European to the extent that most early anthropologists were European. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Indigenous Healing]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/indigenous_healing

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