Bodies don't just tell stories, they tell histories: Embodiment of Historical Trauma among American Indians and Alaska Natives

Du Bois Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-189

  Walters, Karina L ^a   Mohammed, Selina A ^b   Evans Campbell, Teresa ^a   Beltrán, Ramona E ^a   Chae, David H ^c   Duran, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; American Indian; Embodiment; First Nations; Historical Trauma; Indigenous; Native American; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455256643     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X1100018X     Document Type: Article

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