Native American Flashcards
1
Q
Where does the Native population fall in substance use disorders?
A
They have the highest percentage of people with SUD and also the highest percentage of people who do not use at all.
2
Q
How many treaties were signed and broken with regard to the native populations?
A
all of them
3
Q
What was a major cause of historical trauma?
A
Boarding schools
4
Q
What are the four medicines?
A
Tobacco, Cedar, Sage, Sweet Grass.
5
Q
What is the medicine wheel?
A
Takes the four directions. east is spring child, tobacco, spiritual. South is summer, youth, cedar, emotional. West is Autumn, adult, sage, physical. North is winter, elder, sweet grass, mental
6
Q
what is intergenerational trauma?
A
transmission of historical opression and its negative consequences across generations.
