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May 2, @Baytree Ahma Mutsun speaker (pdf, 339.3 KB)
AMAH MUTSUN SPEAKERS SERIES BOARD AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN RESOURCE CENTER
Invites you to a presentation by:


DR MARIA YELLOW HORSE BRAVE HEART
Associate Professor of Social Work
Columbia University


HISTORICAL TRAUMA AND UNRESOLVED HISTORICAL GRIEF
Healing Approach in Native American Communities


3:00 PM * Saturday, May 2, 2009
Cervantes and Velasquez Room, Bay Tree Building


Dr. Brave Heart developed historical trauma and historical unresolved grief theory and interventions among American Indians, which has become internationally recognized. In 1992, she founded the Takini Network, a Native non-profit organization devoted to community healing from intergenerational massive group trauma among Native Peoples. Historical Trauma and Unresolved Grief Intervention was recognized as an exemplary model in a special minority Center for Mental Health Services grant award for a Lakota Regional Community Action Grant Historical Trauma in 2001. Dr. Brave Heart also incorporated the intervention components in reservation parenting prevention and intervention work through a number of successful grants. Dr. Brave Heart directed the Models for Healing Indigenous Survivors of Historical Trauma: A Multicultural Dialogue Among Allies Conference from 2001-2004 and has been a member and repeat conference presenter for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Council on Social Work Education and a consultant to the National Indian Country Child Trauma Center.


First Annual Amah Mutsun Speaker Series 2009, with guest speaker Maria Young Horse Brave Heart. The campus community is welcome to attend this session that will provide insights into mental health wellness issues of American Indian people and communities.


In addition to Dr. Brave Heart's presentation, we will be joined by a distinguished panel including Renya Ramirez, Associate Professor of American Studies, Amy Lonetree, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Michael Duran, UCSC alumni and Director of Counseling at Indian Health Services of Santa Clara Valley in San Jose.