The AI/AN Society of Indian Psychologists Mentorship Program presents:
Webinar 3: Historical Trauma
Friday, April 29th 2022
Click to join video:
https://olemiss.zoom.us/j/95415884805
Click to join phone:
https://olemiss.zoom.us/u/abWParT81
Meeting ID:
954 1588 4805
AKST
9:00 am - 10:30 am
PST
10:00 am - 11:30 am
MST
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
CST
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
EST
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Webinar #3: Historical Trauma
Dan Foster, Psy. D. (Cherokee)
Psychologist in Independent Practice
Missoula, MT
Becky Foster, Ph. D. (Blackfeet/Dakota)
Psychologist in Independent Practice
Florence, MT
Jeff King, Ph.D. (Muscogee Nation)
Professor of Psychology, Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
Gayle Morse, Ph.D. (Mohawk)
Professor of Psychology, Russell Sage College
Troy, NY
The primary goal of this webinar is to provide a space to discuss and acknowledge historical trauma, in
which experiences rooted in a history of European colonization have long-term effects on the Indigenous
peoples of North America. Speakers will discuss the context of Indigenous Historical Trauma (e.g., forced
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assimilation and abuse through residential schools, forced displacement, colonization, suppression of
culture, language, and religion). Select topics may include: how historical trauma may impact Native
Psychologists and students, healing and treatment related to historical trauma such as acknowledging the
pain related to historical trauma and maintaining a connection to Indigenous heritage, identity, and
spiritualization. We will also discuss how identity asa Native psychologist can influence practice.
This Webinar is Hosted by the Society of Indian Psychologists Mentorship Program Committee:
Rebecca Crawford Foster, Ph.D.
Stephanie Miller, Ph.D
Tammy Greer, Ph.D.
Haley Shea, Ph.D.
Brian McNeill, Ph.D.
Stephanie Zachery, M.S.
For Further Information:
Email Dr. Stephanie Miller, Chair of SIP Mentorship Program at SIPMentorship@gmail.com
Psychology CE Offerings:
Attendants are eligible to earn 1.5 CE units for 1.5 hour-long program. SIP Mentorship Program
Mentors are eligible for no fee credits with completion of post-session evaluation form and full
session attendance. Webinar program is free and open to the General Public and to Members of
the SIP community with advanced registration. Fees for CEU credits Mentors (free) and Guests
($30, payable with registration at https://www.paypal.com/instantcommerce/checkout/AETLZJSN7MA7A).
*Participants must attend the entire workshop via Zoom with their video capabilities turned on to be eligible
for CE credits. The Mentorship Committee will email the forms to all those participants eligible for CE credits
(attended and paid, if applicable) as soon as the CE workshop concludes. The SIP CE coordinator, Joanna
Shadlow, Ph.D. ( Joanna-shadlow@tulsa.edu) will send out CE certificate to each participant once they receive
1) confirmation of attendance, 2) confirmation of payment (if applicable), and 3) participant returns a
completed evaluation form.
Learning Objectives:
The participant will be able to:
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Define historical trauma and its potential impact on Indigenous people.
2.
Describe the importance of acknowledging historical trauma across contexts (e.g., in practice, in a broader
cultural and societal context).
3.
Identify two historical incidents that impact your view of psychology.
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Methods:
We invite our expert panel of Native psychologists to each describe their conceptualization and experience of
historical trauma and its relation to being a Native Psychologist. We will also provide time for mentor/mentee
and guest participants to ask questions of our leadership panel. This Webinar will be a combination of didactic
information and experiential process to provide the mentors and mentees an opportunity to learn and share
knowledge about historical trauma and how it relates to working in Native American communities.
Full Disclosure Statement: The presenters and organizers do not individually gain financially by the sale of
any product or publication as a result of this workshop excepting where applicable fees to cover the costs of
CEU certification support the Society of Indian Psychologists. No external source funds the research presented
in this workshop.
References:
Burrage, R. L., Momper, S. L., & Gone, J. P. (2021). Beyond trauma: Decolonizing understandings of loss and healing in
the Indian Residential School system of Canada. Journal of Social Issues.
Gone, J. P. (2009). A community-based treatment for Native American historical trauma: prospects for
evidence-based practice. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 77(4), 751.
Jacob, M. M., Sabzalian, L., RunningHawk Johnson, S., Jansen, J., & Morse, G. S. (2019). “We
Need to Make Action NOW, to Help Keep the Language Alive”: Navigating Tensions of Engaging
Indigenous Educational Values in University Education. American Journal of Community Psychology.
Kirmayer, L. J., Gone, J. P., & Moses, J. (2014). Rethinking historical trauma.
Transcultural psychiatry, 51(3), 299-319.
MacDonald, D. (2007). First Nations, residential schools, and the Americanization of the Holocaust: Rewriting
Indigenous history in the United States and Canada. Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne
de science politique, 40(4), 995-1015.
Trimble, J. E. & King, J. (2014). Considerations in supervision working with American Indian and Alaska Native clients:
Understanding the context of deep culture. In C. A. Falender, E. P. Shafranske, & C. Falicov (Eds.), Diversity
and multiculturalism in clinical supervision: Foundation and praxis—A guide to supervision practice (pp.
231-254). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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