Challenging hidden assumptions: Colonial ideologies as determinants of Aboriginal mental health

Authors

Sarah E. Nelson, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

Nelson - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1891-6976

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

10-2012

Abstract

This report outlines how colonial practices such as the residential school system and government banning of ceremonies inflicted a “soul wound,” or intergenerational trauma caused by the experience of violence, oppression, and grief, on Aboriginal peoples.

Comments

This is a report that can be found on the National Collaborating Center for Indigenous Health and is available at https://www.nccih.ca/495/Challenging_hidden_assumptions__Colonial_norms_as_determinants_of_Aboriginal_mental_health.nccih?id=70

Recommended Citation

Nelson, S. (2012). Challenging hidden assumptions: Colonial ideologies as determinants of Aboriginal mental health. Prince George, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health. https://www.nccih.ca/495/Challenging_hidden_assumptions__Colonial_norms_as_determinants_of_Aboriginal_mental_health.nccih?id=70