Native American people have seen their bloodshed, they have undergone oppression and discrimination, they have been underestimated and misunderstood by the dominant population they have been through conflict, diseases and policies of discrimination. Nevertheless, this has only made Native American people more resilient, spiritual, and proud of their culture but these traumas that took place many generations ago continue to impact the lives of Native Americans; this concept is referred to as historical trauma. Historical trauma or intergenerational trauma has been proven to affect offsprings, not only psychologically, environmentally, or by social means but also biologically. Epigenetics is described as things that are passed on other than
