Examining Trauma Provides Insight Into Mental Health Disparities and Poverty Across Indian Country
SHAWNEE, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- The Citizen Potawatomi Nation issued the following news:
Maria Brave Heart Yellow Horse, Ph.D., Oglala Lakota, coined the term historical trauma in her article Wakiksuyapi: Carrying the Historical Trauma of the Lakota almost 20 years ago. She defined it as the result of long-term adverse occurrences. Negative experiences such as forced assimilation and removals, boarding schools and more continue to afflict the American Indian and Alaska Native communit . . .
Maria Brave Heart Yellow Horse, Ph.D., Oglala Lakota, coined the term historical trauma in her article Wakiksuyapi: Carrying the Historical Trauma of the Lakota almost 20 years ago. She defined it as the result of long-term adverse occurrences. Negative experiences such as forced assimilation and removals, boarding schools and more continue to afflict the American Indian and Alaska Native communit . . .