Colloquy

“We have our medicine”: Trauma and Resilience in Indigenous Communities

Episode Summary

The sociologist Blythe George, PhD '20, highlights the vibrance of rural indigenous communities amid the trauma that is the legacy of settler colonialism. A member of the Yurok tribe of northwestern California, George maps the deep connections indigenous people have to the sacred--and to each other--and says they have within their culture all they need to heal themselves. They just need the rest of us to get out of their way.