Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
| Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart-Jordan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart October 1953 |
| Nationality | American Indian |
| Occupation | Social Worker Associate Professor |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Organization | Takini Network |
| Known for |
Historical Trauma in indigenous populations Takini Network |
| Relatives | Daughter |
| Awards | 2001 Center for Mental Health Services grant award for Lakota Regional Community Action Grant Historical Trauma |
| Website | http://www.historicaltrauma.com/ |
Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart is a Native American social worker, associate professor and mental health expert. She is best known for developing a model of historical trauma for the Lakota people, which would eventually be expanded to encompass indigenous populations the world over.
In 2000, Brave Heart published the article, "Wakiksuyapi: Carrying the Historical Trauma of the Lakota." Using the historical trauma research conducted in survivors of the Holocaust, Brave Heart would identify a comparable cluster of events correlated with massive group trauma across generations, including the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre and the forced removal of children to federal boarding schools. She conceptualized the current form of historical trauma in the 1980s as a way to comprehend what she observed as many Native Americans being unable to fulfill "the American Dream". Her most significant findings came in a cluster of six symptoms:
She also proposed a three-pronged intervention mode: education, sharing the effects of trauma and grief resolution through collective mourning and healing.
Since 1976, Brave Heart has worked directly in the field to gather information on the impact of historical trauma within the indigenous communities. These groups include the Lakota in South Dakota, multiple tribes in New Mexico, and populations of indigenous and Latinos in Denver, New Mexico and New York. Dr. Brave Heart is also responsible for hosting and presenting over 175 presentations on subject matter related to historical trauma as well as training numerous tribes across the United States and First Nations populations in the country of Canada.
In 1992, Brave Heart established the Takini Network, a Native nonprofit organization dedicated to healing the wounds inflicted on Native Americans through the experiences of intergenerational trauma, located in Rapid City, South Dakota.
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