Beading Native Twitter: Indigenous arts-based approaches to healing and resurgence

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Authors: Jeffrey Ansloos et al.

Publication Year: 2022

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Journal: The Arts in Psychotherapy

Keywords: Communication Technologies; Cultural Sensitivity and Appropriateness; Beading; Arts; Healing; Psychotherapy; Digital Space; First Nations

 

Short Abstract: Beading is a cultural art form that holds great significance for Indigenous communities. Across history, the practice of beading has been widely recognized by Indigenous peoples as a means of recording and translating cultural knowledge, and of promoting wellness across various contexts. While beading existed long before Settler-European contact, its survival amidst Canada’s colonial history is profound.

 

Abstract: Beading is a cultural art form that holds great significance for Indigenous communities. Across history, the practice of beading has been widely recognized by Indigenous peoples as a means of recording and translating cultural knowledge, and of promoting wellness across various contexts. While beading existed long before Settler-European contact, its survival amidst Canada’s colonial history is profound. With the rise of social media platforms, Indigenous communities have taken up digital spaces such as Twitter to support cultural resurgence and healing. Our study is interested in the everyday ways in which digital environments like Twitter may be therapeutic. Conceptually situated within the interdisciplinary nexus of Indigenous studies, psychotherapeutic studies, and contextualist qualitative research, we draw on an analysis of tweets and interviews from Indigenous beaders within Canada. Using a thematic approach (Braun & Clark, 2006), our analysis yielded 12 themes that speak to the relationship between, and possibilities and challenges related to, beading, Indigenous healing processes, and digital space. A discussion is provided on the benefits of the digital space for therapeutic healing, its limitations, tensions, and the colonial legacies that become re-enacted in digital spaces. Strengths and limitations of the study are also discussed. NOTE: This article focuses on First Nation individuals in Canada with indigenous beading culture, not AI/AN individuals in the United States.

 

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Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455622000351

Type of Resource: Peer-reviewed scientific article

The Three Sisters Garden: A Cultural Approach to Cultivating American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Psychological Service Providers.

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Authors: Gray, J. S., Wheeler, M. J., & Bender, N. M.

Publication Year: 2021

Journal: American Psychological Association

Keywords: Cultural Sensitivity and Appropriateness; Health Disparities; Psychology; Social Determinants of Health

 

Short Abstract: With the current emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in education and psychological services, it is important to understand the culturally important issues for American Indian/Alaska Native students training of psychological services providers.

 

Abstract: With the current emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in education and psychological services, it is important to understand the culturally important issues for American Indian/Alaska Native students training of psychological services providers. The Three Sisters Model can provide the necessary guidance and supports to provide the important DEI aspects for the development of culturally sensitive and humble psychological service providers while retaining AI/AN ones.

 

Source: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-53783-001

Type of Resource: Peer-reviewed scientific article

 

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Discriminatory Distress, HIV Risk Behavior, and Community Participation among American Indian / Alaska Native Men Who Have Sex with Men

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Authors: Matthew A. Town, Karina L. Walters, E. Roberto Orellana

Publication Year: 2021

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Journal: Ethnicity and Health

Keywords: Health Disparities; HIV/AIDS; LGBTQ/2S; Mental and Behavioral Health; Minority Groups; Race; Sexuality; Men Having Sex With Men (MSM); Discriminatory Distress; Risk Behavior

 

Short Abstract: Research regarding men who have sex with men (MSM) indicates that exposure to discrimination based on race and sexuality are positively associated with increased incidence of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI).

 

Abstract: Research regarding men who have sex with men (MSM) indicates that exposure to discrimination based on race and sexuality are positively associated with increased incidence of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI). In an effort to better understand this association, we assessed the associations of discriminatory distress with UAI among a sample of 183 American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) MSM using survey data drawn from the HONOR Project. The HONOR Project examined the relationship between trauma, coping, and health behaviors among Two-Spirits (a contemporary name for gender and sexual minorities among American Indian and Alaska Native people). Using multivariable logistic regression techniques, our analysis showed participants reporting higher mean levels of distress from two-spirit discrimination had higher odds of reporting UAI (OR = 1.99, 95% CI, 1.19–3.32) compared to those reporting lower levels of distress. This analysis also showed lower odds of engaging in UAI among participants reporting higher levels of participation in LGBT specific online forums (OR = 0.86, CI = 0.75, 0.99; p < .05) and attending Two-Spirit events (OR = 0.82, CI = 0.71, 0.94; p < .01). Future prevention research and program designs should address the differential impact of discrimination and community participation on sexual behavior specifically among AI/AN MSM.

 

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Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6581640/

Type of Resource: Peer-reviewed scientific article

Cultural adaptation of the Be Under Your Own Influence media campaign for middle-school American Indian youth

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Authors: Linda R. Stanley, Kathleen J. Kelly, Randall C. Swaim, Danielle Jackman

Publication Year: 2018

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Journal: Journal of Health Communication

Keywords: Cultural Sensitivity and Appropriateness; Health Disparities; Mental and Behavioral Health; Social Determinants of Health; Substance Use; Youth

 

Short Abstract: American Indian (AI) adolescents living on reservations report much higher substance use rates compared to other youth yet there are few effective prevention interventions developed for them. This paper presents findings from formative research undertaken to guide adaptation for AI youth of a prevention intervention, Be Under Your Own Influence (BUYOI), previously found to be effective in reducing substance use among middle-school youth.

 

Abstract: American Indian (AI) adolescents living on reservations report much higher substance use rates compared to other youth yet there are few effective prevention interventions developed for them. This paper presents findings from formative research undertaken to guide adaptation for AI youth of a prevention intervention, Be Under Your Own Influence (BUYOI), previously found to be effective in reducing substance use among middle-school youth. We conducted focus groups with 7th graders, the primary target audience, and photovoice with 11th graders, the role models who would help deliver the campaign, to inform surface and deep structure adaptation. Both age groups noted the pervasiveness of substance use on the reservation and indicated that this posed a major challenge to being drug and alcohol free. Students also described aspects of their community that tied to signs of social disorganization. However, these youth have much in common with other youth, including high future aspirations, involvement in activities and hobbies, and influence from family and friends. At the same time, there were important differences in the experiences, environment, and values of these AI youth, including an emphasis on different types of activities, a more collectivist cultural orientation, tribal identity and pride, and the importance of extended families. Note: Urban AI youths were not the primary demographic collaborating on this research. Further cultural adaptation of the program for urban AI/AN youth may be needed.

 

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Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362830/

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COVID-19 Among Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native People Residing in Urban Areas Before and After Vaccine Rollout – Selected States and Counties, United States, January 2020-October 2021

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Authors: Dornell Pete, Scott L Erickson, Melissa A JIm, Sarah M Hartcher, Abigail Echo-Hawk, Adrian Dominguez

Publication Year: 2022

Last Updated: September 12, 2022

Journal: American Journal of Public Health

Keywords: Covid-19

 

Short Abstract: Evaluation of COVID-19 disparities among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and non-Hispanic White persons in urban areas.

 

Abstract: Objectives. To evaluate COVID-19 disparities among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and non-Hispanic White persons in urban areas. Methods. Using COVID-19 case surveillance data, we calculated cumulative incidence rates and risk ratios (RRs) among non-Hispanic AI/AN and non-Hispanic White persons living in select urban counties in the United States by age and sex during January 22, 2020, to October 19, 2021. We separated cases into prevaccine (January 22, 2020–April 4, 2021) and postvaccine (April 5, 2021–October 19, 2021) periods. Results. Overall in urban areas, the COVID-19 age-adjusted rate among non-Hispanic AI/AN persons (n = 47 431) was 1.66 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.36, 2.01) times that of non-Hispanic White persons (n = 2 301 911). The COVID-19 prevaccine age-adjusted rate was higher (8227 per 100 000; 95% CI = 6283, 10 770) than was the postvaccine rate (3703 per 100 000; 95% CI = 3235, 4240) among non-Hispanic AI/AN compared with among non-Hispanic White persons (2819 per 100 000; 95% CI = 2527, 3144; RR = 1.31; 95% CI = 1.17, 1.48). Conclusions. This study highlights disparities in COVID-19 between non-Hispanic AI/AN and non-Hispanic White persons in urban areas. These findings suggest that COVID-19 vaccination and other public health efforts among urban AI/AN communities can reduce COVID-19 disparities in urban AI/AN populations.

 

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Source: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306966?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed

Type of Resource: Peer-reviewed scientific article

American Indian Historical Trauma: Anti-Colonial Prescriptions for Healing, Resilience, and Survivance

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Authors: William E. Hartmann et al.

Publication Year: 2019

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Journal: American Psychologist

Keywords: Ethnicity; Minority Groups; Psychology; Historical Trauma; Colonization; Wellness; Indigeneity

 

Short Abstract: The American Indian historical trauma (HT) concept is an important precursor to racial trauma (RT) theory that reflects the distinct interests of sovereign Indigenous nations but shares much of the same promise and challenge. Here, that promise and challenge is explored by tracing HT’s theoretical development in terms of its anti-colonial ambitions and organizing ideas.

 

Abstract: The American Indian historical trauma (HT) concept is an important precursor to racial trauma (RT) theory that reflects the distinct interests of sovereign Indigenous nations but shares much of the same promise and challenge. Here, that promise and challenge is explored by tracing HT’s theoretical development in terms of its anti-colonial ambitions and organizing ideas. Three predominant modes of engaging HT were distilled form the literature (HT as a clinical condition, life stressor, and critical discourse), each informing a research program pursuing a different anti-colonial ambition (healing trauma, promoting resilience, practicing survivance) organized by distinct ideas about colonization, wellness, and Indigeneity. Through critical reflection on these different ambitions and dialogue of their organizing ideas, conflict between research programs can be mitigated and a more productive anti-colonialism realized in psychology and related health fields. Key recommendations emphasized clarifying clinical concepts (e.g., clinical syndrome vs. idiom of distress), disentangling clinical narratives of individual pathology (e.g., trauma) from social narratives of population adversity (e.g., survivance stories), attending to features of settler-colonialism not easily captured by heath indices (e.g., structural violence), and encouraging alignment of anti-colonial efforts with constructive critiques establishing conceptual bridges to disciplines that can help to advance psychological understandings of colonization and Indigenous wellness (e.g., postcolonial studies). This conceptual framework was applied to the RT literature to elaborate similar recommendations for advancing RT theory and the interests of ethnic/racial minority populations through engagement with psychology and related health fields.

 

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Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6338218/

Type of Resource: Peer-reviewed scientific article

Growing From Our Roots: Strategies for Developing Culturally Grounded Health Promotion Interventions in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities

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Authors: Karina L. Walters, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Sandra Stroud, et al.

Publication Year: 2020

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Journal: Prevention Science

Keywords: Cultural Sensitivity and Appropriateness; Data Collection; Development Programmatic Initiatives

 

Short Abstract: Given the paucity of empirically based health promotion interventions designed by and for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (i.e., Native) communities, researchers and partnering communities have had to rely on the adaptation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) designed for non-Native populations, a decidedly sub-optimal approach. Native communities have called for development of Indigenous health promotion programs in which their cultural worldviews and protocols are prioritized in the design, development, testing, and implementation.

 

Abstract: Given the paucity of empirically based health promotion interventions designed by and for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (i.e., Native) communities, researchers and partnering communities have had to rely on the adaptation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) designed for non-Native populations, a decidedly sub-optimal approach. Native communities have called for development of Indigenous health promotion programs in which their cultural worldviews and protocols are prioritized in the design, development, testing, and implementation. There is limited information regarding how Native communities and scholars have successfully collaborated to design and implement culturally based prevention efforts "from the ground up." Drawing on five diverse community-based Native health intervention studies, we describe strategies for designing and implementing culturally grounded models of health promotion developed in partnership with Native communities. Additionally, we highlight indigenist worldviews and protocols that undergird Native health interventions with an emphasis on the incorporation of (1) original instructions, (2) relational restoration, (3) narrative-[em]bodied transformation, and (4) indigenist community-based participatory research (ICBPR) processes. Finally, we demonstrate how culturally grounded interventions can improve population health when they prioritize local Indigenous knowledge and health-positive messages for individual to multi-level community interventions.

 

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Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502697/

Type of Resource: Peer-reviewed scientific article

A Community-Based Evaluation of a Culturally Grounded, American Indian After-School Prevention Program: The Value of Practitioner-Researcher Collaboration

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Authors: Brooke de Heer, Jade K. Heffern, Julianna S. Cheney, et al.

Publication Year: 2020

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Keywords: Cultural Sensitivity and Appropriateness; Data Collection; Health Disparities; Mental and Behavioral Health; Suicide and Suicide Prevention

 

Short Abstract: Programs serving American Indian (AI) youth are an important component of maintaining cultural identity and healthy lifestyles. The current research took a community-engaged approach to evaluate an urban AI youth after-school program that has transitioned into a culturally grounded prevention program.

 

Abstract: Programs serving American Indian (AI) youth are an important component of maintaining cultural identity and healthy lifestyles. The current research took a community-engaged approach to evaluate an urban AI youth after-school program that has transitioned into a culturally grounded prevention program. Ways to create a successful research collaboration between AI communities and academics is discussed as well as implications for understanding the importance of culturally-grounded programs for AI youth who reside in urban areas. Overall, the cultural and health components that are integrated into the after-school program were highlighted as primary strengths because they help foster a healthy lifestyle and deeper connection to the heritage/culture for the youth who participated.

 

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Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7521773/

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The Relevance of Cultural Activities in Ethnic Identity Among California Native American Youth

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Authors: Kurt Schweigman et al.

Publication Year: 2011

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Journal: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Keywords: Academic Achievement; Cultural Activities; Enculturation; Ethnic Identity; Traditional Practices; Youth

 

Short Abstract: This study analyzed data from a large statewide sample of Native American adolescents throughout California to determine whether participation in cultural practices was associated with stronger ethnic identity. The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) scale was used to measure the ethnic identity of 945 Native American adolescents (416 male, 529 female) aged 13 – 19 across California.

 

Abstract: This study analyzed data from a large statewide sample of Native American adolescents throughout California to determine whether participation in cultural practices was associated with stronger ethnic identity. The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) scale was used to measure the ethnic identity of 945 Native American adolescents (416 male, 529 female) aged 13 – 19 across California. Respondents who participated in cultural activities including pow-wows, sweat lodge, drum group and roundhouse dance reported significantly higher Native American ethnic identity than their counterparts who did not take part in cultural activities. The association between cultural activities and ethnic identity was only significant among urban youth and not among reservation youth. Higher grades in school were associated with ethnic identity among females but not among males. Findings from this study show a strong association between cultural activities and traditional practices with tribal enculturation among Native American youth in California. Cultural-based practices to enhance Native identity could be useful to improve mental and behavioral health among Native American youth.

 

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Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738746/

Type of Resource: Peer-reviewed scientific article

U.S. National Institutes of Health 2019 Traditional Medicine Summit Report: Maintaining and Protecting Culture Through Healing

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Authors: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tribal Health Research Office

Publication Year: 2019

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Keywords: Cultural Sensitivity and Appropriateness; Data Collection; Federal Health Care

 

Short Abstract: In November 2019, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tribal Health Research Office (THRO)—with the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances (OTASA)—brought the biomedical research and traditional medicine communities together in a first-of-its-kind meeting: The 2019 Traditional Medicine Summit: Maintaining and Protecting Culture Through Healing.

 

Abstract: In November 2019, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tribal Health Research Office (THRO)—with the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances (OTASA)—brought the biomedical research and traditional medicine communities together in a first-of-its-kind meeting: The 2019 Traditional Medicine Summit: Maintaining and Protecting Culture Through Healing. The Summit was a positive, supportive forum for 40 traditional medicine and Native health care practitioners, medicine men and women, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) researchers to discuss traditional healing practices and health services, and how biomedical research can support Native communities around these sacred methods. The 2.5-day event consisted of public sessions with presentations from NIH- and CDC funded researchers, a closed session for traditional medicine practitioners and invited guests, and a joint public session. Participants took turns talking and listening to identify approaches for respectful collaboration between traditional healers and health researchers. They also explored relationships between traditional medicine and health care services, and ways to connect younger generations of AI/AN people to traditional medicine, integrative health care, and academic research. These conversations created a foundation for the different groups to build on and work together to improve Native health now and in the future. This report provides background on the Summit and highlights discussions and themes that emerged from the public sessions. For additional information, please email throinfo@nih.gov.

 

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Source: https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIH-THRO-2019-Traditional-Medicine-Summit-Report.pdf

Type of Resource: Summit Report