Struggles With Historical Trauma: Cognitive Awareness and Native American Culture

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Author(s): Kirsten A. Koenig (Northcentral University, USA)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 28
Source title: Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4507-5.ch004

Keywords: Gender and Diversity / Information Science Reference / Political Science / Social Sciences & Humanities

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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.

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