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The intergenerational effects of relocation policies on indigenous families

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Walls, Melissa L., Whitbeck, Les B.·2012·Journal of Family Issues

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This research uses life course perspective concepts of linked lives and historical time and place to examine the multigenerational effects of relocation experiences on Indigenous families. Data were collected from a longitudinal study currently underway on four American Indian reservations in the Northern Midwest and four Canadian First Nation reserves where residents share a common Indigenous cultural heritage. This article includes information from 507 10- to 12-year-old Indigenous youth and their biological mothers who participated in the study. Results of path analysis revealed significant direct and indirect effects whereby grandparent-generation participation in government relocation programs negatively affects not only grandparent-generation well-being but also ripples out to affect subsequent generations.

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  • American Indians' traumatic relocation from economically valuable lands to barren reservations ruptured their cultural ways of life, created deep psychological injury and traumatic loss, and robbed them of health-protective flexible resources, instigating a cultural genocide that underlies present-day American Indian health disparities.

    “For instance, American Indians’ traumatic relocation from economically valuable lands to barren reservations (1) ruptured their cultural ways of life; (2) created a deep psychological injury and sense of traumatic loss; and (3) robbed them of health-protective flexible resources (Kirmayer et al., 2014; Walls and Whitbeck, 2012)—instigating a cultural genocide (Brave Heart et al., 2011) that under”

    From Cultural trauma as a fundamental cause of health disparities (2022) · cites this paper as Walls and Whitbeck, 2012

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Authors
Walls, M. L., & Whitbeck, L. B.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
Venue
Journal of Family Issues
Published
2012-06-14
Volume
33
Issue
9
Pages
1272-1293
ISSN
  • 0192-513X (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-5481
OpenAlex
W2129515896
Cited by
135
References
47
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Family Issues (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Lincoln (University of Nebraska) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA020299)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH067281)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA013580)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Cultures and History
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics
Keywords
Indigenous families, relocation policy, intergenerational effects, Indian reservations, Indigenous youth, life course perspective, linked lives, indigenous heritage

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