Reconsidering American Indian historical trauma: LessonS from an early Gros Ventre war narrative

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 387-406

  Gone, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; historical trauma; mental health; narrative genres; postcolonial discourse

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HISTORY; HUMAN; INJURY; LITERATURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; WAR; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; BATTLE INJURY; GENOCIDE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MENTAL DISEASE; NARRATIVE;

COLONIALISM; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NARRATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 84902193755     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513489722     Document Type: Article

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