title: Lost in Maps: Regionalization and Indigenous Health Services.
abstract: The settlement of the land now known as Canada meant the erasure - sometimes from ignorance, often purposeful - of Indigenous place-names, and understandings of territory and associated obligations. The Canadian map with its three territories and ten provinces, electoral boundaries and districts, reflects boundaries that continue to fragment Indigenous nations and traditional lands. Each fragment adds institutional requirements and organizational complexities that Indigenous nations must engage with when attempting to realize the benefits taken for granted under the Canadian social contract.
authors.affiliation: MFN-Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
authors.forename: Josée G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lavoie
authors.affiliation: MFN-Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kornelsen
authors.affiliation: Brandon University, Brandon, MB.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.affiliation: Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Western University, London, ON.
authors.forename: Lloy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wylie
mesh_terms: D044467:American Indian or Alaska Native; D002170:Canada; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D004930:Inuit; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*