Tag: genocide

• Well Chosen Words

  The words we choose to describe violence really do matter.

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 2, 2013

  First Nations, Healing, native american, Psychotherapy

  Boston Marathon, genocide, language, Native American

• Reflections on Harriet Tubman and Native America

  A concert performance of a cantata about Harriet Tubman sparks thoughts about the genocide of Indigenous people in the Americas.

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 20, 2013

  Arts, First Nations, Psychotherapy, Stories

  genocide, Harriet Tubman, Native American, psychotherapy, Robert De Cormier

• Narrative Practices, Shamanism, and Social Issues

  Narrative practice and shamanism share essential values, and long tradition. Might they be used together t address large societal issues?

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 10, 2013

  First Nations, Shamanism, Travel

  genocide, India, Narrative Therapy, Native American, Shamanism

• The Long Shadow of Abraham Lincoln

  Even as he was evolving a moral stance against slavery, Lincoln continued policies that pushed against Indigenous people, and the treaties that ostensibly protected their sovereignty as nations. When First Nations fought to protect their legal rights, he branded them terrorists. On December 26th, 1862, 38 Native leaders were hanged at his order.

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 31, 2012

  First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues

  genocide, Lincoln, Narrative Therapy, Native American, Shamanism