Backgrounder: Resilience & Trauma

This brief from the National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center provides an overview of key concepts and statistics about trauma in Indian Country. First, the brief provides data on traumatic experiences and exposure to trauma among AI/AN populations. Next, the authors define several key concepts related to trauma, such as historical trauma, historical oppression, adverse childhood experiences, and resilience and resistance. The brief concludes with a discussion of the associations between trauma and health, organizational and community responses to trauma, and future research and policy directions.