Acknowledging the past while looking to the future: conceptualizing indigenous child trauma.
Trauma affects children from all ethnicities, nationalities and socioeconomic backgrounds. However, indigenous children may experience trauma differently than their majority population peers due to traumatic histories of colonization and marginalization. This article reports on an exploratory qualitative study of how service providers in Western Montana and Northern Norway conceptualize Native American and Sámi children's experiences of trauma today. Findings reveal that participants relate current trauma experiences of indigenous youth to historical and intergenerational traumas.
Shanley Swanson
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009009:Montana; D009664:Norway; D011057:Politics; D044382:Population Groups / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D040921:Stress Disorders, Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology*