Disillusionment, faith, and cultural traumatization on a northern plains reservation

Lori L. Jervis; Jan Beals; Cecelia K. Big Crow; Dedra Buchwald; Buck Chambers; Michelle L. Christensen; Denise A. Dillard; Karen DuBray; Paula A. Espinoza; Candace M. Fleming; Ann Wilson Frederick; Joseph Gone; Diana Gurley; Shirlene M. Jim; Suzell A. Klein; Denise Lee; Spero M. Manson; Monica C. McNulty; Denise L. Middlebrook; Christina M. Mitchell; Laurie A. Moore; Tilda D. Nez; Ilena M. Norton; Douglas K. Novins; Theresa O'Nell; Heather D. Orton; Carlette J. Randall; James H. Shore; Sylvia G. Simpson; Lorette Yazzie

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Disillusionment, faith, and cultural traumatization on a northern plains reservation

Lori L. Jervis, Jan Beals, Cecelia K. Big Crow, Dedra Buchwald, Buck Chambers, Michelle L. Christensen, Denise A. Dillard, Karen DuBray, Paula A. Espinoza, Candace M. Fleming, Ann Wilson Frederick, Joseph Gone, Diana Gurley, Shirlene M. Jim, Suzell A. Klein, Denise Lee, Spero M. Manson, Monica C. McNulty, Denise L. Middlebrook, Christina M. MitchellLaurie A. Moore, Tilda D. Nez, Ilena M. Norton, Douglas K. Novins, Theresa O'Nell, Heather D. Orton, Carlette J. Randall, James H. Shore, Sylvia G. Simpson, Lorette Yazzie

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Abstract

Many American Indian people experience traumatization related to their postcolonial status that extends beyond the individual. This article explores experiences of cultural traumatization among 44 Northern Plains American Indians who were part of a population-based psychiatric epidemiological study. Of special interest were the ways in which cultural trauma was expressed in this community's sociality and worldview (e.g., disillusionment with community leaders, grief about perceived culture loss) and the complex connections between traumatization at the level of the individual and the community. Spirituality/religion served as a primary means for reconnecting with traditional culture, which proved crucial in people's attempts to cope with community traumatization. The uneasy coexistence of disillusionment, grief over culture loss, and faith cautions against embracing simplistic notions of Native reactions to cultural trauma.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	11-22
Number of pages	12
Journal	Traumatology
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1534765608321069
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

American Indians
Cultural trauma
Group trauma
Qualitative methods
Religion
Spirituality

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General Nursing
Emergency Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Jervis, L. L., Beals, J., Big Crow, C. K., Buchwald, D., Chambers, B., Christensen, M. L., Dillard, D. A., DuBray, K., Espinoza, P. A., Fleming, C. M., Frederick, A. W., Gone, J., Gurley, D., Jim, S. M., Klein, S. A., Lee, D., Manson, S. M., McNulty, M. C., Middlebrook, D. L., ... Yazzie, L. (2009). Disillusionment, faith, and cultural traumatization on a northern plains reservation. Traumatology, 15(1), 11-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534765608321069

Jervis, LL, Beals, J, Big Crow, CK, Buchwald, D, Chambers, B, Christensen, ML, Dillard, DA, DuBray, K, Espinoza, PA, Fleming, CM, Frederick, AW, Gone, J, Gurley, D, Jim, SM, Klein, SA, Lee, D, Manson, SM, McNulty, MC, Middlebrook, DL, Mitchell, CM, Moore, LA, Nez, TD, Norton, IM, Novins, DK, O'Nell, T, Orton, HD, Randall, CJ, Shore, JH, Simpson, SG & Yazzie, L 2009, 'Disillusionment, faith, and cultural traumatization on a northern plains reservation', Traumatology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 11-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534765608321069

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