How this health centre is providing culturally appropriate care during COVID-19
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The first thing David Pitawanakwat does when he arrives at work is find his smudge bowl. He begins his morning by smudging — that is, cleansing his own mind, body, and spirit with the sacred smoke of medicinal plants — before smudging the Noojmowin Teg Health Centre’s healing lodge, where he spends most of the day. Soon the lodge will be filled with the crackling sounds of a cedar fire, the low