Intergenerational Trauma: Understanding Natives’ Inherited Pain

Published in Indian Country Today Media Network by the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program, this report addresses intergenerational trauma among American Indians at its core. The author addresses recent evidence on how trauma could be passed along through DNA and mentions several ways of how American Indians are managing and coping with historical trauma. She shares her personal stories of learning to deal with historical trauma, learning resilience, and the trauma of Indian boarding schools.