The Impact of Historical Trauma and Mistrust on the Recruitment of Resource Families of Color

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele D. Hanna ◽  
Erin R. Boyce ◽  
Jessica Yang
Keyword(s):  
Historical Trauma ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Resource Families

Recounting coup as the recirculation of Indigenous vitality: A narrative alternative to historical trauma

2021 ◽  
pp. 136346152110549
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Gone
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Trauma Narrative ◽  
War Narratives ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
The Impact

Contemporary American Indians suffer from disproportionately high degrees of psychiatric distress. Mental health researchers and professionals, as well as American Indian community members, have consistently associated these disproportionate rates of distress with Indigenous historical experiences of European and Euro-American colonization. This emphasis on the impact of colonization and associated historical consciousness within tribal communities has occasioned increasingly widespread professional consideration of historical trauma among Indigenous peoples. In contrast to personal experiences of a traumatic nature, the discourse of Indigenous historical trauma (IHT) weds the concepts of “historical oppression” and “psychological trauma” to explain community-wide risk for adverse mental health outcomes originating from the depredations of past colonial subjugation through intergenerational transmission of vulnerability and risk. Long before the emergence of accounts of IHT, however, many American Indian communities prized a markedly different form of narrative: the coup tale. By way of illustration, I explore various historical functions of this speech genre by focusing on Aaniiih-Gros Ventre war narratives, including their role in conveying vitality or life. By virtue of their recognition and celebration of agency, mastery, and vitality, Aaniiih war stories functioned as the discursive antithesis of IHT. Through comparative consideration of the coup tale and the trauma narrative, I propose an alternative framework for cultivating Indigenous community “survivance” rather than vulnerability based on these divergent discursive practices.

scholarly journals BODIES DON'T JUST TELL STORIES, THEY TELL HISTORIES

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina L. Walters ◽  
Selina A. Mohammed ◽  
Teresa Evans-Campbell ◽  
Ramona E. Beltrán ◽  
David H. Chae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
Etiological Agents ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIncreasingly, understanding how the role of historical events and context affect present-day health inequities has become a dominant narrative among Native American communities. Historical trauma, which consists of traumatic events targeting a community (e.g., forced relocation) that cause catastrophic upheaval, has been posited by Native communities and some researchers to have pernicious effects that persist across generations through a myriad of mechanisms from biological to behavioral. Consistent with contemporary societal determinants of health approaches, the impact of historical trauma calls upon researchers to explicitly examine theoretically and empirically how historical processes and contexts become embodied. Scholarship that theoretically engages how historically traumatic events become embodied and affect the magnitude and distribution of health inequities is clearly needed. However, the scholarship on historical trauma is limited. Some scholars have focused on these events as etiological agents to social and psychological distress; others have focused on events as an outcome (e.g., historical trauma response); others still have focused on these events as mechanisms or pathways by which historical trauma is transmitted; and others have focused on historical trauma-related factors (e.g., collective loss) that interact with proximal stressors. These varied conceptualizations of historical trauma have hindered the ability to cogently theorize it and its impact on Native health. The purpose of this article is to explicate the link between historical trauma and the concept of embodiment. After an interdisciplinary review of the “state of the discipline,” we utilize ecosocial theory and the indigenist stress-coping model to argue that contemporary physical health reflects, in part, the embodiment of historical trauma. Future research directions are discussed.

Local Boy, East Coast Sensibilities

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Joseph Lopa
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Population ◽  
Mentorship Program ◽  
Transient Nature ◽  
Black Art ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

This chapter was written from the perspective of a Hawaii resident who identifies as Black and local. My upbringing is explored including the cultural forces that shaped me and the impact that the portion of my upbringing on the East Coast has had on rounding out my Black worldview. This chapter also address challenges to the growth of the Hawaii based African American community including a lack of education about the pre and post-missionary presence of Blacks in Hawaii, the geographic isolation, the transient nature of the State’s largest portion of the Blacks: Service Members in the United States the Military. The struggle of local Black folks to connect to the Black Military population secondary to isolation fostered by base housing and the impact of the Military’s role in historical trauma related to the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy. Solutions to the issue of Black community cohesion are explored throughout the remainder of the chapter. They include a Cultural Mentorship program for Hawai‘i’s Black Youth, connections to Black art and popular culture and it’s adaption in Hawaii (with a particular focus on reggae and Hip-Hop as the key conduits for identifying and facilitating Black Cultural impact in Hawaii).

Psychology and Indigenous People

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto González ◽  
Héctor Carvacho ◽  
Gloria Jiménez-Moya
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination ◽  
The Impact

Whether there are common features inherent to the psychology of Indigenous peoples around the globe has been the subject of much debate. We argue that Indigenous peoples share the experience of colonization and its social and psychological consequences. We develop this argument across four sections: ( a) the global history of colonization and social inequalities; ( b) aspects concerning identity and group processes, including the intergenerational transmission of shared values, the connection with nature, and the promotion of social change; ( c) prejudice and discrimination toward Indigenous peoples and the role of psychological processes to improve relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples; and ( d) the impact of historical trauma and colonialism on dimensions including cognition, mental health, and the well-being of Indigenous peoples as well as the basis for successful interventions that integrate Indigenous knowledge. Finally, we address future challenges for research on these topics. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 73 is January 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Struggles With Historical Trauma

2021 ◽  
pp. 234-261
Author(s):  
Kirsten A. Koenig
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
North America ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Heuristic Study ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
The Impact

The chapter presents results from a qualitative phenomenological heuristic study of the perceptions of historical trauma across Native American nations. Historical trauma has been established as a by-product of cultural and physical suppression. Cultural psychology details the impact of an individual's culture on the psychological development of the individual. Therefore, by examining the change to the culture that resulted in historical trauma, determination could be made regarding how the individual was impacted. This research addressed these contentions by interviewing Native American persons from the Eastern and Northern nations of North America and Canada and determined how historical trauma had influenced their psychological development via symptoms they experienced. The research identified several areas that differed from the extant literature regarding the Eastern and Northern nations.

Finding Relief in Action: The Intersection of Youth-Led Community Organizing and Mental Health in Brooklyn, New York City

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 618-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ortega-Williams ◽  
Laura J. Wernick ◽  
Jenny DeBower ◽  
Brittany Brathwaite
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Multiple Stressors ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Youth Of Color ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

Youth of Color, especially those in households with low income, experience multiple stressors and trauma that affect their well-being. Few studies examine the impact of youth engagement in leadership and organizing to address systemic inequity on their mental health and well-being. In a community-based participatory action research design, three organizations which train youth of Color in organizing in Brooklyn, New York, held four focus groups ( n = 43, ages 14-24 years) to examine the impact of organizing on youth mental health and well-being. Key emergent themes of youth organizing include (a) storytelling as therapeutic; (b) group leadership as strengthening personal and collective power, hopefulness, and a sense of protection; and (c) the strain of navigating their hopes and current reality. This study has important implications for actions programs can take who seek to engage youth of Color in organizing in communities and institutions impacted by historical trauma and current day systemic inequity.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on resource families: Unique challenges and strengths

2021 ◽  
pp. 251610322110207
Author(s):  
Audra K. Langley ◽  
Matthew A. Ruderman ◽  
Jill Waterman ◽  
Todd Franke
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
Birth Parents ◽  
Birth Parent ◽  
Resource Parents ◽  
Family Closeness ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Resource Families

The emergence of COVID-19 forced significant adaptations for families worldwide. Children and youth in foster care and their caregivers or resource parents experience unique stressors. The current study aimed to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and “Safer-at-Home” orders on resource parents in Los Angeles County. Resource parents (n = 648) were surveyed about COVID-19 concerns, positive impact and strengths, access to and helpfulness of provided resources, visits with birth parents, children joining their families during the pandemic, and transition to telehealth. Between one-third and half of resource parents with foster or foster-adoptive children in their home reported significant anxiety about issues such as getting infected, uncertainty about the future, and financial hardship. In contrast, most resource parents reported some perceived benefits, such as increased family closeness. The most helpful resource reported was video visitation by social workers. A quarter of resource parents experienced in-person birth parent visits. Developmentally, parents with a foster or fosteradoptive child 0–5 years old reported significantly more worries related to COVID-19, while those with children of multiple ages reported feeling less valued as a resource parent and expressed more concerns about children falling behind with school, mental health and developmental services, birth parent visits, and delayed reunification. Lastly, younger parental age, fewer foster children in the home, and the less negative impact from COVID-19 a resource parent reported having were associated with an increased likelihood of resource parents welcoming a child into their home. Implications for policy and recommendations for practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Analytics of trauma in aesthetic discourse

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Mariia Petrovna Fokeeva
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Practical Examination ◽  
Individual Concepts ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Aesthetic Concepts

The subject of this research is the fundamental concepts of the analytics of trauma and means of their integration into an aesthetic discourse. The goal of this work consists in determination of theoretical aspects of the aesthetics of trauma. The impact of historical trauma of the XX century upon a man and entire communities is tremendous; and art becomes the space for representation of traumatic experience. The author examines such types of art as literature, cinema and painting, and demonstrates the ways of deflection of traumatic experience in the artworks. Discipline of the aesthetics of art is viewed as an autonomous phenomenon, which is of great importance for the development modern philosophical and aesthetic concepts. The research methods are structured on the philosophical-aesthetic approach that leans on the analysis of individual concepts of the aesthetics of trauma; aesthetic methods of research in development of aesthetic concepts in the context of practical examination of literary text are laced with the methods of literary studies and culturological approach. The conclusion is made that literature and cinematography re-create narrative around the historical trauma by testifying to the trauma in such way that the recipient could borrow the narrative and experience a relief in working through the trauma by means of the language of art. Painting depicts frightful, and allows the audience to feel therapeutic effect through clashing with the frightful.

scholarly journals “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cooper ◽  
S Michelle Driedger
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Canadian Culture ◽  
The Impact

Historical trauma and the negative effects of colonialism continue to be played out within Canadian culture. These processes have a deleterious effect on physical and psychological health outcomes among Indigenous Peoples. Through the creation of a safe space as part of a decolonizing, participatory activity program spanning 7 weeks, First Nations and Metis women and girls (aged 8-12) were able to begin to unpack what it means to be happy, healthy, and safe, and what is needed to actualize these goals. A community engaged, asset-based workshop approach provided a forum for participants to discuss the impact of traumatic experiences on the ability of adults to model a positive image of strength, independence, and confidence for their daughters, while creating a space to discuss change.

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