Date: 11/16/2020
Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
Zoom
Description
Intergenerational trauma was once dismissed as a notion; however recent research is now elucidating important information indicating that historical trauma (HT) events that disrupt ties to family, community, or place (e.g., boarding school, forced relocation) may be associated with depressive symptoms. In addition, HT events that cause direct physical harm to community, body, land, or sacred sites are more likely to be associated with anxiety or PTSD symptoms. This type of HT has led to loss of language, culture, ceremony, traditional family/gender roles, self esteem, loss of pride and shame in being Native American. This presentation will provide information regarding the impact of historical and intergenerational trauma resulting from government boarding school experiences.
About the speaker
Dr. LeManuel “Lee” Bitsóí is a critical ethnographer and bioethicist who currently serves as Associate Vice President for Diversity Affairs, as well as Special Advisor to the President for Indigenous Affairs and has a faculty appointment as Affiliate Professor at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. Prior his current position, Dr. Bitsói served as Chief Diversity Officer at Stony Brook University, Long Island and in diversity leadership roles at Dartmouth, Harvard, Georgetown and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. At the national level, Dr. Bitsóí is a member of the National Research Advisory Council for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Advisory Council for the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE). As an advocate for indigenous scientists and scholars, Dr. Bitsóí also serves as a member of the Native American Affairs Committee for the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). Dr. Bitsóí is an indigenous scholar whose research and publication portfolio includes social justice topics, access and equity issues, bioethical concerns, and understanding the impact of intergenerational trauma for indigenous people and communities. Admirably, Dr. Bitsóí has devoted his career to broadening participation of marginalized students in higher education and beyond.
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