Legacy : trauma, story, and Indigenous healing / Suzanne Methot.

Legacy : trauma, story, and Indigenous healing / Suzanne Methot.

By
Methot, Suzanne, 1968-

Publication Date
2019

Publication Information
Toronto : ECW Press,

Physical Description
360 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Colonization -- History.
 
Native peoples -- Health and hygiene -- Canada.
 
Indians of South America -- Social life and customs.
 
Psychic trauma.
 
Indigenous peoples.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
Exploring intergenerational trauma in Indigenous communities--and strategies for healing--with provocative prose and an empathetic approach Indigenous peoples have shockingly higher rates of addiction, depression, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions than other North Americans. According to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, these are a result of intergenerational trauma: the unresolved terror, anger, fear, and grief created in Indigenous communities by the painful experiences of colonialism, passed down from generation to generation. How are we to turn this desperate tide? With passionate argumentation and chillingly clear prose, author and educator Suzanne Methot uses her own and others' stories to trace the roots of colonial trauma and the mechanisms by which trauma has become intergenerational, and she explores the Indigenous ways of knowing that can lead us toward change.

Language
English

ISBN
9781770414259


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall Number
St. John's - Marjorie MewsAdult NFic IndigenousAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous971.00497 M56
Stephenville - KindaleAdult NFic IndigenousAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous971.00497 M56