1. Introduction
“We all have indigenous blood. From different nations, yes, but it is right there, with you. We all want to honor our ancestors, but there are some do not know who they are. Find the origin of your indigenous blood; help to keep alive your inheritance. This is my advice to you; do not help us; help your blood. If we all help our own Nation, wounds will heal sooner. We are creating healing for the people that are here. Not just the Ohlone Nation, but all people that exist on this land”. These are the words that Corrina Gould, a Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone woman, born and raised in Oakland, CA –better say the ancient village of Huichin-, during the Indigenous Knowledge Gathering on May 2015, at CIIS-California Institute for Integral …show more content…
At the start of the twentieth century there were approximately 250,000 Native Americans in the USA – just 0.3 % – most living on reservations where they exercised a limited degree of self-government. ("Native Americans and the Federal Government | History Today," Web.).
Dr. Horse Brave Heart has created the term Historical Trauma Response-HTR, to demonstrate the impact of the genocide on Native people. “HTR often includes depression, self-destructive behavior, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, and difficulty recognizing and expressing emotions. It may include substance abuse, which is often an attempt to avoid painful feelings through self medication.” ("Historical trauma among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: concepts, research, and clinical considerations. - PubMed - NCBI," …show more content…
In addition their rituals and traditions are misappropriated by mainstream American culture that then teach, and sell these cultural practices as their own, which is the newest form of colonialism. Although undocumented immigrants are denigrated for not entering the country legally, they are simultaneously exploited by U.S. economy and service the jobs that no other Americans choose to take: domestic workers, nannies, meatpackers, mid night shifts in factories and bus boys. It is on their backs that current North American economy and services are able to
“We all have indigenous blood. From different nations, yes, but it is right there, with you. We all want to honor our ancestors, but there are some do not know who they are. Find the origin of your indigenous blood; help to keep alive your inheritance. This is my advice to you; do not help us; help your blood. If we all help our own Nation, wounds will heal sooner. We are creating healing for the people that are here. Not just the Ohlone Nation, but all people that exist on this land”. These are the words that Corrina Gould, a Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone woman, born and raised in Oakland, CA –better say the ancient village of Huichin-, during the Indigenous Knowledge Gathering on May 2015, at CIIS-California Institute for Integral …show more content…
At the start of the twentieth century there were approximately 250,000 Native Americans in the USA – just 0.3 % – most living on reservations where they exercised a limited degree of self-government. ("Native Americans and the Federal Government | History Today," Web.).
Dr. Horse Brave Heart has created the term Historical Trauma Response-HTR, to demonstrate the impact of the genocide on Native people. “HTR often includes depression, self-destructive behavior, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, and difficulty recognizing and expressing emotions. It may include substance abuse, which is often an attempt to avoid painful feelings through self medication.” ("Historical trauma among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: concepts, research, and clinical considerations. - PubMed - NCBI," …show more content…
In addition their rituals and traditions are misappropriated by mainstream American culture that then teach, and sell these cultural practices as their own, which is the newest form of colonialism. Although undocumented immigrants are denigrated for not entering the country legally, they are simultaneously exploited by U.S. economy and service the jobs that no other Americans choose to take: domestic workers, nannies, meatpackers, mid night shifts in factories and bus boys. It is on their backs that current North American economy and services are able to