Native American Psychosocial Identity
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©2024, 294 pages
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Native American Psychosocial Identity explores the psychosocial identities of Native Americans - American Indians, Canadian First Nations, and Native Hawaiians from an interdisciplinary perspective. Written by Native American studies scholars, the book discusses the impact of the genocide perpetuated on Native Americans, including wars, disease, slavery, loss of land, weakening of tribal governance, damage to family systems, and suppression of cultural forms such as language and religion.
There is discussion of the Native American reverence for Nature, Spirit, tradition, and communal relationships, and how embracing traditional Native American values has led to a revitalization of reservations and Urban Native American communities. Vignettes describe the vital role of medicine people in Native communities. Models for conducting culturally congruent interventions are offered. Dedicated chapters address how Natives see and are seen by others inside and outside of the Native community based on their enrollment status, as well as how enrollment criteria have become a challenge with the increase of marriage between Native Americans and non-Native Americans. U.S. Census data from 2020 describe a racially mixed Native American community that resides mostly in urban settings.
Native American Psychosocial Identity is ideal for courses and scholars in Native American Studies, cross cultural psychology, anthropology, sociology, counseling, and social work.
Contents and Contributors Include:
Foreword - Joseph P. Gone
Foreword - Phillip Deloria
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Community Worldview and Structures
Chapter 1. Walking the Red Road: American Indians within an Urban Context - Eugene Hightower, Ph.D.
Chapter 2. “The Lost Generation”: An Interview - Eva Marie Garroutte, Ph.D., and Cinnamon Dawn LeFlore Kelley
Chapter 3. Perspectives on Identity from Inside and Outside the Tribe - Raymond Orr and Yancy Orr
Chapter 4. Becoming Piikani: An Ontological Process of Knowledge - Donald D. Pepion, Ed.D. and Kayla Myers, M.A.
Part I Discussion: Community Worldview and Structures - Donald D. Pepion, Ph.D.
Part II. Native American Psychosocial Identity
Chapter 5. Social and Psychological Perspectives on Ethnic and Racial Identity - Joseph E. Trimble, Ph.D., Janet E. Helms, Ph.D., and Maria P.P. Root, Ph.D.
Chapter 6. Finding Balance: Indigenous Youth and Counseling - Michelle D. Johnson-Jennings, Ph.D.
Chapter 7. American Indian Wisdom and Positive Psychology- Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., and Eugene Hightower, Ph.D.
Chapter 8. Traditional Knowledge and Native Americans: A Perspective by a Blackfoot - Leroy Little Bear JD, Ph.D.
Part II Discussion: Native American Psychosocial Identity - Joseph E. Trimble, Ph.D.
Part III. Native American Wellness in the Aftermath of Intergenerational Trauma
Chapter 9. Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Healing Multigenerational Trauma in Native America - Lisa Grayshield, Ph.D.
Chapter 10. Identity and Resiliency in the Face of Oppression: A First Nations Perspective - Leah M Rouse, Ph.D., and Warren K. Warrington
Chapter 11. The Case of Native Hawaiians: Indigenous Well-being and Healing Practices - Laurie “Lali” McCubbin, Ph.D., Christine Park, Ph.D., Brynn Luger, Ph.D., and Stephanie Chin
Part III Discussion: Native American Wellness in the Aftermath of Intergenerational Trauma - Laurie “Lali” McCubbin, Ph.D., and Christine Park, Ph.D.
Discussion of Major Themes in this Book
References
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors
There is discussion of the Native American reverence for Nature, Spirit, tradition, and communal relationships, and how embracing traditional Native American values has led to a revitalization of reservations and Urban Native American communities. Vignettes describe the vital role of medicine people in Native communities. Models for conducting culturally congruent interventions are offered. Dedicated chapters address how Natives see and are seen by others inside and outside of the Native community based on their enrollment status, as well as how enrollment criteria have become a challenge with the increase of marriage between Native Americans and non-Native Americans. U.S. Census data from 2020 describe a racially mixed Native American community that resides mostly in urban settings.
Native American Psychosocial Identity is ideal for courses and scholars in Native American Studies, cross cultural psychology, anthropology, sociology, counseling, and social work.
Contents and Contributors Include:
Foreword - Joseph P. Gone
Foreword - Phillip Deloria
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Community Worldview and Structures
Chapter 1. Walking the Red Road: American Indians within an Urban Context - Eugene Hightower, Ph.D.
Chapter 2. “The Lost Generation”: An Interview - Eva Marie Garroutte, Ph.D., and Cinnamon Dawn LeFlore Kelley
Chapter 3. Perspectives on Identity from Inside and Outside the Tribe - Raymond Orr and Yancy Orr
Chapter 4. Becoming Piikani: An Ontological Process of Knowledge - Donald D. Pepion, Ed.D. and Kayla Myers, M.A.
Part I Discussion: Community Worldview and Structures - Donald D. Pepion, Ph.D.
Part II. Native American Psychosocial Identity
Chapter 5. Social and Psychological Perspectives on Ethnic and Racial Identity - Joseph E. Trimble, Ph.D., Janet E. Helms, Ph.D., and Maria P.P. Root, Ph.D.
Chapter 6. Finding Balance: Indigenous Youth and Counseling - Michelle D. Johnson-Jennings, Ph.D.
Chapter 7. American Indian Wisdom and Positive Psychology- Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., and Eugene Hightower, Ph.D.
Chapter 8. Traditional Knowledge and Native Americans: A Perspective by a Blackfoot - Leroy Little Bear JD, Ph.D.
Part II Discussion: Native American Psychosocial Identity - Joseph E. Trimble, Ph.D.
Part III. Native American Wellness in the Aftermath of Intergenerational Trauma
Chapter 9. Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Healing Multigenerational Trauma in Native America - Lisa Grayshield, Ph.D.
Chapter 10. Identity and Resiliency in the Face of Oppression: A First Nations Perspective - Leah M Rouse, Ph.D., and Warren K. Warrington
Chapter 11. The Case of Native Hawaiians: Indigenous Well-being and Healing Practices - Laurie “Lali” McCubbin, Ph.D., Christine Park, Ph.D., Brynn Luger, Ph.D., and Stephanie Chin
Part III Discussion: Native American Wellness in the Aftermath of Intergenerational Trauma - Laurie “Lali” McCubbin, Ph.D., and Christine Park, Ph.D.
Discussion of Major Themes in this Book
References
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Eugene “Gene” Hightower is a research associate and lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught Native American Psychology courses at University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University. His academic training took place at Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, The Wright Institute, and University of California, San Francisco. A licensed psychologist, Gene is a past director of mental health services at the Native American Health Center. He is a member of the Society of Indian Psychologists.
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“I would highly recommend the book Native American Psychosocial Identity to readers interested in learning more about the complexities and diversities of the Indigenous identities in the U.S. and Canada. The book was edited by Dr. Eugene Hightower, a well-known Indigenous scholar in the U.S. and author of the fascinating book also published by Cognella, Counseling Native American Indians: Insights from Conversations with Beaver. The contributing authors include a ‘who’s who’ list of scholars that have expanded our understanding of psychosocial identity and other aspects of Native American psychology, and several of the chapters plow new ground for the field by addressing novel populations and utilizing novel approaches to convey the messages within those chapters.
Structurally, the book examines Native American identities across a spectrum of historical and cultural experiences in refreshing ways such as differences in identities among urban and rural Native Americans, an unusual and refreshing approach since urban populations are often neglected; identity differences among youth and adults, and how the historical circumstances of residential schools and other colonial traumas have contributed to strength-based identities and cultural resilience. The book is anchored by a chapter on social and psychological aspects of identity development authored by Drs. Joseph Trimble, Janet Helms, and Maria Root, a legendary group of scholars with distinguished careers investigating racial and ethnic identity. In summary, the editor and authors have collectively created a powerful tool for learning more about the fascinating area of Native American identity, resulting in a book that would be welcomed by both students and scholars in the field.”
Art Blume, Ph.D. (Cherokee, Choctaw)
Past President of the Society of Indian Psychologists
Professor Department of Psychology
Washington State University
“My great grandmother was born in the late 1870s. I was fortunate that she lived for almost 100 years. When I was a child, I would hold her hand as she walked across recently plowed rows of western Oklahoma dirt. She would reach down for a newly turned piece of fresh dirt. After tasting it, she would gesture to me that, ‘This is us.’ As I traveled across the chapters of this book, across the newly plowed uplifting of Indigenous knowledge, I taste the flavorful essence of ‘This is us.’
Native American Psychosocial Identity, edited by Eugene Hightower, is a compilation of native and non-native scholars who ‘explore the psychosocial identities of Native Americans, with inclusion of American Indians, First Nations, and Native Hawaiians from an interdisciplinary perspective.’ It is a difficult book to read because of the content which explores, explains, and exposes the impact of the genocide perpetuated toward the original inhabitants of this new world that was exploited by explorers, settlers, churches, and governments. The stories that are shared still convey the great harm and destruction that exist because of racism, discrimination, injustice, bias, poverty, greed, and oppression.
Yet, just as there is a need to present the history of destruction and ongoing challenges, there is the upturned essence of identity and resiliency as they connect to the spiritual thread that gives life to dirt and all it’s core within Great Turtle Island, we call Indian Country. As each page is read and explored, there are more than just chapters linked together by the theme of psychosocial identity. From the foreword to the last page about the authors, the upturning of Indigenous knowledge is interweaved in psychosocial identity of Native American ways, practices, blessings, offerings, and connectiveness. As you taste this essence, you may be inclined to say, ‘This is us.’
To those who are not Native American, but who wish to learn about Native American psychosocial identity, this book offers the essence of the factual understanding which speaks to the spirit of Indigenous resilience and spiritual knowledge beyond what was understood before reading."
Dolores Subia BigFoot, Ph.D. (Caddo, Northern Cheyenne)
Presidential Professor
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
"Native American Psychosocial Identity brings together some of the world’s most important thinkers on issues of mental health, healing, and Indigenous refusal. A transformative, interdisciplinary text that will shift the intellectual terrain of public health, Native American and Indigenous studies, sociology, and psychology. Hightower and his contributors have created a set of frameworks that will activate a new generation to work for social change."
Andrew Jolivette, Ph.D. (Atakapa-Ishak Nation of Louisiana)
Sociologist
Professor and Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies
Founding Director of Native American and Indigenous Studies
University of California, San Diego
Structurally, the book examines Native American identities across a spectrum of historical and cultural experiences in refreshing ways such as differences in identities among urban and rural Native Americans, an unusual and refreshing approach since urban populations are often neglected; identity differences among youth and adults, and how the historical circumstances of residential schools and other colonial traumas have contributed to strength-based identities and cultural resilience. The book is anchored by a chapter on social and psychological aspects of identity development authored by Drs. Joseph Trimble, Janet Helms, and Maria Root, a legendary group of scholars with distinguished careers investigating racial and ethnic identity. In summary, the editor and authors have collectively created a powerful tool for learning more about the fascinating area of Native American identity, resulting in a book that would be welcomed by both students and scholars in the field.”
Art Blume, Ph.D. (Cherokee, Choctaw)
Past President of the Society of Indian Psychologists
Professor Department of Psychology
Washington State University
“My great grandmother was born in the late 1870s. I was fortunate that she lived for almost 100 years. When I was a child, I would hold her hand as she walked across recently plowed rows of western Oklahoma dirt. She would reach down for a newly turned piece of fresh dirt. After tasting it, she would gesture to me that, ‘This is us.’ As I traveled across the chapters of this book, across the newly plowed uplifting of Indigenous knowledge, I taste the flavorful essence of ‘This is us.’
Native American Psychosocial Identity, edited by Eugene Hightower, is a compilation of native and non-native scholars who ‘explore the psychosocial identities of Native Americans, with inclusion of American Indians, First Nations, and Native Hawaiians from an interdisciplinary perspective.’ It is a difficult book to read because of the content which explores, explains, and exposes the impact of the genocide perpetuated toward the original inhabitants of this new world that was exploited by explorers, settlers, churches, and governments. The stories that are shared still convey the great harm and destruction that exist because of racism, discrimination, injustice, bias, poverty, greed, and oppression.
Yet, just as there is a need to present the history of destruction and ongoing challenges, there is the upturned essence of identity and resiliency as they connect to the spiritual thread that gives life to dirt and all it’s core within Great Turtle Island, we call Indian Country. As each page is read and explored, there are more than just chapters linked together by the theme of psychosocial identity. From the foreword to the last page about the authors, the upturning of Indigenous knowledge is interweaved in psychosocial identity of Native American ways, practices, blessings, offerings, and connectiveness. As you taste this essence, you may be inclined to say, ‘This is us.’
To those who are not Native American, but who wish to learn about Native American psychosocial identity, this book offers the essence of the factual understanding which speaks to the spirit of Indigenous resilience and spiritual knowledge beyond what was understood before reading."
Dolores Subia BigFoot, Ph.D. (Caddo, Northern Cheyenne)
Presidential Professor
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
"Native American Psychosocial Identity brings together some of the world’s most important thinkers on issues of mental health, healing, and Indigenous refusal. A transformative, interdisciplinary text that will shift the intellectual terrain of public health, Native American and Indigenous studies, sociology, and psychology. Hightower and his contributors have created a set of frameworks that will activate a new generation to work for social change."
Andrew Jolivette, Ph.D. (Atakapa-Ishak Nation of Louisiana)
Sociologist
Professor and Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies
Founding Director of Native American and Indigenous Studies
University of California, San Diego
