Tonight- Lecture and Discussion on Historical Trauma

Lecture and Discussion on Historical Trauma
Farber Hall, 7-9 p.m.
September 18, 2019

Beth Boyd, Ph.D. (Seneca) will talk about Historical Trauma and how it has affected the lives, health, and mental health of Native people in the present day. Historical trauma will be defined, experiences of historical trauma will be presented, and possibilities for healing from historical trauma will be discussed. Dr. Boyd is the Director or the USD Clinical Psychology Program and is a member of the USD Disaster Mental Health Institute. She has provided psychological services for Native children in emergency care at the Winnebago Youth Facility for 20 years. Among her many accomplishments, Dr. Boyd is a Past President of the APA Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race and of the Society for the Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities.

This is part 4 of a 4-part Native Voices Lecture and Discussion Series coinciding with the Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness exhibition which was produced by the National Library of Medicine and is on display on the 2nd floor of the I.D. Weeks Library until September 25th, 2019. Native Voices explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness and cultural life for Native Americans. To learn more and view content from the exhibition, visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices.

If you are a person with a disability and need a special accommodation to fully participate, please contact Disability Services at 605-658-3745 48 hours before the event.