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Intergenerational Trauma Within Native American Children in the United States: Healing The Soul Wound
Roe, Sydney
Roe, Sydney
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This thesis’ aim is to combine the past, the present, and the future of the educational narrative regarding Native children in the United States. It will begin with historical accounts, focusing on the Federal Boarding School era and the trauma and abuse that Native children suffered at the hands of their supposed caretakers in these schools. Chapter 2 will thus focus on trauma of the past. Following that, Chapter 3 will offer an investigation into how trauma from the past is manifesting itself in today’s world and affecting the Native American children of today. This will seek to explain the concept of the “soul wound” and Intergenerational Trauma as living experiences. Statistics of Native students’ grades, dropout rates, etc. will be included. In addition to statistics of substance abuse struggles, there will be an investigation of how Child Protective Services is mishandling cases involving Native American children and their families. This will include a description of how laws such as the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act were enacted, but how this law, whose purpose was to protect Native American children, is in some cases still being ignored. This chapter will thus focus on a variety of ways in which Native children of today continue to experience trauma. Finally, Chapter 4 will focus on proposed solutions, mainly from within Native Nations, with citations from leading psychologists who specialize in intergenerational trauma in other communities to cross reference material. The goal of this chapter is to look forward to a future that holds the same level of hope and perseverance that members of Native Nations have held in their hearts for generations and to secure a better future for themselves and their children.
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Thesis (B.A. in Humanistic Studies, Minor in English and Art & Design)--John Cabot University, Spring 2024.
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2024
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Psychic trauma in children, Intergenerational relations
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Roe, Sydney. "Intergenerational Trauma Within Native American Children in the United States: Healing The Soul Wound". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2024.