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Organizations, individuals, publications, and  media that are relevant to researching and  healing historical and collective trauma.  

GEneral information on Trauma:

David Baldwin offers an extremely thorough list of references and information about trauma: http://www.trauma-pages.com/support.php

Native  Perspectives: 

Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart and the Takini Network 
Ray Daw's Historical Trauma Facebook Page

Wisdom of the Elders
Wisdom of the Elders has an online curriculum using traditional and real life stories that address historical trauma.

White Bison, Inc.
A wellbriety program which addresses intergenerational trauma in the Native community using a 12 step program.  

race relations in the united states

Dr. Joy de Gruy, author of Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome

Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity, Ron Eyerman

Thomas Norman DeWolf, white slave trader descendant and author of two books on healing race relations.

Coming to the Table, An organization of descendants of slaves and slave holders in the U.S. 

Racial Trauma In Film: How Viewers Can Address Re-Traumatization

Molly Secour's White Privilege Pop Quiz


Collective Trauma and activism In The southern United States

Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective
Good Medicine (Music/voice recording by Kindred Collective)

INTERNATIONAL

Dr. Sousan Abadian has focused on collective trauma in international development.

Gina Ross and the International Trauma Healing Institute  work to replace "the trauma vortex" with "the healing vortex" . Ross explores how the media can help heal collective trauma.

The Holocaust Is Over: We Must Rise From Its Ashes, by Avraham Burg
Ex-member of the Israeli government discusses the effect of the Holocaust on Israeli policy.

Cultural Trauma and resilience in response to events ranging from Japanese internment camps to the Irish potato famine are examined in this article by Mary de Young for the American Academy of  Experts in Traumatic Stress

techniques of healing collective trauma

Armand Volkas, Healing the Wounds of History
Volkas uses drama therapy techniques to heal collective trauma between diverse groups: Jews and Germans, Israelis and Palestinians,  Turks and Armenians, African and Euro Americans. 

Also see Eve Leverton's book Healing Collective Trauma Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy

Collective Trauma, Collective Healing by Jack Saul is a guide for mental health professionals working in response to large-scale political violence or natural disaster.

Kristin Fabula investigates Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and other techniques of trauma healing in her M.A. thesis, Healing Societal Traumas and Transforming Collective Consciousness. 

Thomas Hubl's The Pocket Project

The Pocket Project facilitates trainings whose mission is to contribute to the healing of collective and intergenerational trauma, and to reduce its disruptive effects on our global culture. 

Science

Pregnant 911 Survivors Transmitted Trauma
The emerging field of epigenetics may explain how trauma can be transmitted from generation to generation.

Law

Ariela J. Gross, The Constitution of History and Memory
Legal Aspects of Historical Trauma

Spirit

In many  cultures, the ancestors continue to play an important part in our lives even after they've passed on.  Practitioners of Ancestral Healing use  psychological and shamanic techniques, energy medicine and ritual to heal our connections to our ancestors.  In this interview, Malidome Patrice Some speaks of the influence of the ancestors in his culture.

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