Indigenous Mental Health Leadership: Leading the Way Forward

Published:
September 17, 2019

Holly Echo-Hawk, who works with C4 Innovations and New England MHTTC as a tribal behavioral health expert, was the lead organizer of an international Indigenous behavioral health convening that was held on September 9-10 in Washington, DC at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Thirty Indigenous attendees from Australia, Canada, Greenland, New Zealand, and the United States shared best practices and innovative approaches for developing and sustaining Native behavioral health leadership. Presentations and discussion focused on recognition of Indigenous youth voice (including video shorts from www.WeMatterCampaign.org), recent U.S. tribal behavioral health trends and the training approach of the Indian Country Child Trauma Center, and the Māori behavioral health focus on the value of lived experience. Additional presentations included the tribal behavioral health "grow your own" initiative of the Santee Sioux Tribe (Nebraska), behavioral health training updates from the U.S. federal Indian Health Service, and the new Master’s of Social Work in Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency program offered through the University of Toronto.

 

The U.S. Society of Indian Psychologists facilitated a discussion on Hard Power/Soft Power and the impact of institutionalized world views and the impact on tribal behavioral health leadership.  New England MHTTC recorded the proceedings for dissemination purposes and aspects of the video will be used as part of an HHS Region 1 tribal learning collaborative.  To learn more, contact us at [email protected].

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