Category: native american

• Shamans, Race, and Story In Our Time of Occupation

  Shamanism and, more recently, Narrative Therapy seek to challenge the authority of colonialism and its allies in the lives of those who seek healing. They use differing tools and strategies to do so, yet often their territories overlap. Together they provide evolving maps of the technologies, visions, and behaviors of colonial practice. They challenge the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 9, 2011

  native american, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  colonialism, Narrative Therapy, Native American, Occupy Wallstreet, Self, Shamanism

• Welcoming the Spirits: Halloween and The Days of the Dead

  This week we turn our attention, alongside many Indigenous people, to the great mysteries of life and death, and to those spirits who share our family histories. We acknowledge their presence and influence in our lives, and our appreciation for their caring and aid. For those who lived troubled lives, perhaps harming us, or other…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 30, 2011

  native american, Shamanism

  Halloween, Shamanism, spirits

• Assault on Native Sacred Lands

  For many Native Americans and First Nations people, our lands are our temples and churches. Please do what you can.

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 3, 2011

  Climate Change, First Nations, native american, Sacred Lands

  climate change, Native American, Sacred Sites, San Fransisco Peaks, survival, Tar Sands

• Conflict and Balance

  The problem is not one of right versus left. Rather, it is an issue of basic respect for Native peoples, Pachamama, and the deep grief left by many generations of genocide. It marks a profound cultural divide.

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 19, 2011

  Healing, native american, Shamanism

  conflict, healing, heritage, right vs. left, Shamanism