Indigenous Historical Trauma: Alter-Native Explanations for Mental Health Inequities - Joseph P. Gone

The formal boundaries of the Fort Belknap Indian reservation–comprising less than seven hundred thousand acres–were established in 1888, though a small strip of land in the Little Rocky Mountains was further ceded in 1895 against the wishes of the vast majority of the Aaniiih community. [...] In sum, it heralds the rise of Indigenous voices and perspectives in the study of Indigenous health and the shaping of professional activity in the health professions. [...] I and several coauthors conducted a systematic review of empirical studies that “statistically analyzed the relation- ship between a measure of historical trauma and a health outcome for Indigenous 138 Dædalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Joseph P. [...] In the context of mental health research, the con- struct of historical trauma remains heir to some of the limitations that have been observed about the construct of PTSD. [...] 10 Maria Brave Heart-Jordan and Lemyra DeBruyn, “So She May Walk in Balance: Inte- grating the Impact of Historical Trauma in the Treatment of Native American Indian Women,” in Racism in the Lives of Women: Testimony Theory and Guides to Anti-Racist Practice, ed.