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the Native experience of America or to Hell & Back !
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I Love Ancestry with Liz Mead and 45 others.
January 21 · Trauma May Be Woven Into DNA of Native Americans. "A Deep Embedded Genetic Depression" Native healers, medicine people and elders have always known this and it is common knowledge in Native oral traditions.
According to Bitsoi, Navajo, a PhD Research Associate in Genetics at Harvard University, EPIGENETICS is beginning to uncover scientific proof that intergenerational trauma is real. Historical trauma, therefore, can be seen as a contributing cause in the development of illnesses such as PTSD, depression and type 2 diabetes.
Native peoples ability to maintain culture and sense of who they are in the face of such a traumatic history suggests an inherited resilience that bears scientific examination as well, according to Joseph Gone, professor at the University of Michigan and member of the Gros Ventre tribe of Montana.
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What exactly is historical or intergenerational trauma?
In the initial phase, the dominant culture perpetrates mass trauma on a population in the form of colonialism, slavery, war or genocide. In the second phase the affected population shows physical and psychological symptoms in response to the trauma. In the final phase, the initial population passes these responses to trauma to subsequent generations, who in turn display similar symptoms.
According to researchers, high rates of addiction, suicide, mental illness, sexual violence and other ills among Native peoples might be, at least in part, influenced by historical trauma.
“Many present-day health disparities can be traced back through epigenetics to a “colonial health deficit,” the result of colonization and its aftermath.” ~Bonnie Duran, associate professor in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Director for Indigenous Health Research at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
According to the American Indian and Alaska Native Genetics Research Guide created by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), studies have shown that various behavior and health conditions are due to inherited epigenetic changes.
Read this important article (In FULL) >> indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/…/trauma-may-be-woven-dn…
Short Video Clip from Watch Dakota 38 + 2 (Full Movie): In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before he awoke, he arrived at a riverbank in Minnesota and saw 38 of his Dakota ancestors hanged. At the time, Jim knew nothing of the largest mass execution in United States history, ordered by Abraham Lincoln on December 26, 1862. "When you have dreams, you know when they come from the creator... As any recovered alcoholic, I made believe that I didn't get it. I tried to put it out of my mind, yet it's one of those dreams that bothers you night and day."
Watch Dakota 38 + 2 (Full Movie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElBVj50x2iQ
the Native experience of America or to Hell & Back !
-0:51
101,577 Views
I Love Ancestry with Liz Mead and 45 others.
January 21 · Trauma May Be Woven Into DNA of Native Americans. "A Deep Embedded Genetic Depression" Native healers, medicine people and elders have always known this and it is common knowledge in Native oral traditions.
According to Bitsoi, Navajo, a PhD Research Associate in Genetics at Harvard University, EPIGENETICS is beginning to uncover scientific proof that intergenerational trauma is real. Historical trauma, therefore, can be seen as a contributing cause in the development of illnesses such as PTSD, depression and type 2 diabetes.
Native peoples ability to maintain culture and sense of who they are in the face of such a traumatic history suggests an inherited resilience that bears scientific examination as well, according to Joseph Gone, professor at the University of Michigan and member of the Gros Ventre tribe of Montana.
Subscribe to I Love Ancestry eNews: http://eepurl.com/CLJan
What exactly is historical or intergenerational trauma?
In the initial phase, the dominant culture perpetrates mass trauma on a population in the form of colonialism, slavery, war or genocide. In the second phase the affected population shows physical and psychological symptoms in response to the trauma. In the final phase, the initial population passes these responses to trauma to subsequent generations, who in turn display similar symptoms.
According to researchers, high rates of addiction, suicide, mental illness, sexual violence and other ills among Native peoples might be, at least in part, influenced by historical trauma.
“Many present-day health disparities can be traced back through epigenetics to a “colonial health deficit,” the result of colonization and its aftermath.” ~Bonnie Duran, associate professor in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Director for Indigenous Health Research at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
According to the American Indian and Alaska Native Genetics Research Guide created by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), studies have shown that various behavior and health conditions are due to inherited epigenetic changes.
Read this important article (In FULL) >> indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/…/trauma-may-be-woven-dn…
Short Video Clip from Watch Dakota 38 + 2 (Full Movie): In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before he awoke, he arrived at a riverbank in Minnesota and saw 38 of his Dakota ancestors hanged. At the time, Jim knew nothing of the largest mass execution in United States history, ordered by Abraham Lincoln on December 26, 1862. "When you have dreams, you know when they come from the creator... As any recovered alcoholic, I made believe that I didn't get it. I tried to put it out of my mind, yet it's one of those dreams that bothers you night and day."
Watch Dakota 38 + 2 (Full Movie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElBVj50x2iQ