This is a link to a professionally referenced academic journal, with issues dating back to 1982. Article topics include case studies, program evaluations, empirical research, unpublished dissertations, any other articles relevant to mental health among Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Go to Website Here Source: Journal: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research. Colorado […]
Chapter 2: Child Sexual Abuse in Federal Indian Schools is one chapter within “A Report of the Special Committee Investigations of the Select Committee On Indian Affairs. Final Report and Legislative Recommendations.” It begins on page 93 in the text. This chapter details how the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) allowed the sexual abuse of […]
Sandy White Hawk was adopted by a white family as a child, but eventually returned home to the Rosebud Sioux reservation and reconnected with her roots. This inspired her to help other Native Americans who had been adopted or lived with foster families to reconnect with their own cultures. Historically, Native American children being adopted […]
During the Indian Boarding School era, many children were abused at the hands of the school and the church. The trauma from this abuse has continued to plague Indian Country with some individuals perpetuating the cycle of abuse in their own communities. This article focuses on a medicine man who was beloved by his community, […]
This powerful article addresses a broad ranges of issues including historical trauma across generations, substance abuse, poverty, and healing practices. For example tribal communities can revitalize their culture by hosting traditional dances, drumming and singing circles, and quilting and weaving groups to occupy social spaces formerly held by substance abuse. The CEO of a Native […]
The Lakota People’s project wants the United States to follow in Canada’s footsteps by establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commision. It’s time the United States acknowledges it’s dark role in destroying Native American communities through compulsory residential school attendance. The traumatic effects from residential school are still felt within Native communities today. Many Native Americans […]
The final report released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) addressed the growing crisis facing Indigenous youth. The crisis goes all the way back to the Indian Residential School era, where many children were abused and neglected. In the present, Indigenous youth are overrepresented in the criminal justice and child welfare system. Read Article […]
This article tells the individual stories of children who have a parent(s) who survived genocide and as a result, could experience intergenerational trauma through genetics. The children of survivors come from around the world. The article explains an experiment done in New York City where Jewish Holocaust survivors and their children had lower levels of […]
Even though Native American boarding schools have been closed for decades, the wounds from this era are still fresh. Homelessness, poverty, substance abuse, and mental health issues are just some of the issues plaguing Native communities in the United States. In Seattle, an organization called the Chief Seattle Club (CSC) helps people deal with intergenerational […]
In this article Paula Palmer addresses the Quaker’s role in Indian Boarding schools, and the effects these schools continue to have on boarding school survivors, their descendents, and communities. She amplifies this by adding perspectives and quotes from students and faculty who attended or worked at Quaker-run schools. In the end she calls on fellow […]
This guide is a resource for understanding what triggers anger, and the psychological and physiological response to it, especially chronic anger. In addition this article also illustrates the additional health issues that can arise from chronic stress hormones such as decreased cardiovascular health. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Ruth Buczynski, Ph.D. “How Anger […]
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report on residential schools in Canada laid out the neglect and abuse aboriginal children and youth were put through. Studies have shown that trauma might have an affect not only the person experiencing the trauma, but also subsequent generations via their DNA. Brent speaks with Amy Bombay, assistant professor of psychiatry at Dalhousie University, on […]
