Collectively, these articles are broad in scope, describing a panorama of indigenous cultures throughout the Americas and the Caribbean and their approaches to healing and well-being. Among the indigenous groups addressed are Alaska Natives,
American Indians, Arawaks, Chamorros of Guam, First Nations people of Canada, Haitians, Latinos of Cuba, and others. Equally as varied are the specific topical foci of the articles. But what is most striking is the communality of themes and concerns across the various articles and cultural groups, and the differences between these communalities and major thematic concerns of Western (U.S.) psychology.