tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post927200964316580249..comments2024-03-21T04:45:43.081-04:00Comments on AMERICAN INDIAN ADOPTEES: Epigenetics: Scientific Evidence of Intergenerational TraumaLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395257432521760435noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-33680404832944822942014-08-12T11:42:43.197-04:002014-08-12T11:42:43.197-04:00Yes, anonymous, yes. That is our work.Yes, anonymous, yes. That is our work.LThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395257432521760435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-75414043923924790622014-08-12T11:25:56.085-04:002014-08-12T11:25:56.085-04:00I have just begun to study intergenerational traum...I have just begun to study intergenerational trauma in the past decade as a Native American adoptee. In my work as an English adjunct in a predominantly non-native area, I have been able to introduce this into my class room at the university level. Promoting awareness is key. As a Native American Christian I know that even the Bible warns of intergenerational trauma. Non-natives--our oppressors, also suffer because these acts of genocide were accomplished by their ancestors. They have not escaped the long-reaching arm of western thinking that blinds them to previous acts and this is why it is still a great concern for both sides. I see the effects in my own indigenous family of intergenerational trauma as I was adopted off the reservation under false pretenses. I am firmly convinced the adoption of uncountable Native children is just another act of prolonged genocide, seperating children from their family, culture and traditional ways and giving us new identites in the hopes we will never want to or be able to return to our birth families. This reinforces we, as Native people, are aware of intergenerational trauma and its effects in a way non-native people are not. We are still here as warriors fighting against what has been done to us. We are resilient. We are learning how to make sense of it all when the majority of non-native people won't even be aware of their part. Perhaps the work we do today will one day be used to open more eyes as to how to heal from the damage we have suffered. We are working hard at breaking the bonds of intergenerational trauma every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com