Mental health care for urban Indians: Clinical insights from Native practitioners.

Witko, Tawa M.

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“…As a result of European contact, millions have died from disease, genocide, war, and dislocation (Kirmayer, Brass, & Tait, 2000). Further atrocities have been committed in terms of forced assimilation strategies, most notably boarding schools, in which Native languages and cultures were sometimes literally beaten out of children through abusive practices (Witko, 2006).…”

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Decolonizing psychological inquiry in American Indian communities: The promise of qualitative methods.

Wendt¹,

Gone²

2012

Qualitative Strategies for Ethnocultural Research.

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constitute the fastest growing ethnoracial group in the United States (Witko, 2006). In the 2010 national census, approximately 2.9 million people (0.9%) identified solely as American Indian or Alaska Native, with an additional 2.3 million (0.7%) identifying as American Indian-Alaska Native and at least one additional race (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). Modern Native America is exceedingly diverse, tracing descent from hundreds of precontact societies, more than 200 languages, and dozens of religious traditions. There are currently 562 federally recognized tribes, with many others seeking federal recognition, that express limited powers of political sovereignty and nationhood (Gone, 2004). This diversity-which in many respects rivals that of Europe, with only a fraction of the population-is further complicated in light of ever-shifting identity politics and intergenerational tensions in many American Indian communities (Fowler, 1987; Jackson, 2002; Walters, 1999). This fast growth and diversity of American Indians present serious challenges for psychological inquiry. On one level, these challenges are similar to research with other ethnic minority groups, in that ethnic minorities are included in less than 1% of the psychological literature (Bernal, Trimble, Burlew, & Leong, 2003, pp. 7-8). Moreover, when these populations are included, they are often essentialized (i.e., cultural distinctions are assumed

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Decolonizing psychological inquiry in American Indian communities: The promise of qualitative methods.

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2012

Qualitative Strategies for Ethnocultural Research.

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“…often hidden from outsiders, sacred and ancient knowledge is the source of explanations of various events ranging from the occurrence of natural phenomena to the cause and treatment of physical and psychological conditions. countless stories compiled by missionaries, traders, wandering travelers, and more recently, folklorists and ethnographers attest to the profound and mysterious influences of folk beliefs and the unexplainable effects they have on the traditional ethnocultural communities (Frazer, 1996;Katz, biesele, & St. denis, 1997;Kiev, 1964;Sullivan, 2000;Torrey, 1986;Trimble, 2010;Witko, 2006;Zusne & Jones, 1989).…”

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Ethical considerations in the application of cultural adaptation models with ethnocultural populations.

Trimble¹,

Rio²,

Hill³

2012

Cultural Adaptations: Tools for Evidence-Based Practice With Diverse Populations.

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American Indian Researcher Perspectives on Qualitative Inquiry About and Within American Indian Communities

Walden

West

2019

American J of Comm Psychol

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Highlights• Conducting research on American Indian (AI) issues may present unique challenges for AI researchers.• Here, two AI researchers reflect upon qualitative research focused on AI issues and/or communities.• Their reports highlight the need to increase personal and institutional support for AI researchers.Abstract It is presumed that Indigenous researchers are optimally positioned to conduct research about or within their own or other Indigenous communities. However, these researchers may still experience challenges, barriers, and distressing events that are important to identify. Qualitative inquiry may be a particularly vulnerable context for Indigenous researchers given the nature of data collection methods and an emphasis on researcherparticipant relationships. This paper details the personal reflections of two American Indian (AI) researchers who carried out qualitative research focused on AI issues and/ or communities. The first project examined undergraduate students' opinions of the use of AI imagery in the form of a race-based university mascot. The second was a study of the mental health needs of AI youth and families in an urban community. Several themes characterized both of their experiences and might be generalizable to others working in these contexts: (a) coping with racism and microaggressions; (b) the role and impact of identity politics; (c) community insider/outsider tension; and (d) managing personal distress associated with the research topics and process. These themes are discussed to illuminate ways that Indigenous researchers,

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Mental health care for urban Indians: Clinical insights from Native practitioners.

Cited by 17 publications

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Decolonizing psychological inquiry in American Indian communities: The promise of qualitative methods.

Decolonizing psychological inquiry in American Indian communities: The promise of qualitative methods.

Ethical considerations in the application of cultural adaptation models with ethnocultural populations.

American Indian Researcher Perspectives on Qualitative Inquiry About and Within American Indian Communities

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