NEWS AND MEDIA
THE YEAR 2025
Indigenous Spirituality: Resilience in Decolonizing Mental Health
By Mark Standing Eagle Baez, PhD, LSP, LCDC, CART, MS/MA
In this powerful and deeply reflective piece, Dr. Mark Standing Eagle Baez draws from over 15 years of experience working across Indian Country to explore the critical intersections of Indigenous spirituality, resilience, and the ongoing movement to decolonize mental health. Grounded in Indigenous worldviews and healing traditions, this article challenges dominant Western psychological models and advocates for approaches that honor Indigenous knowledge systems, spirituality, and cultural identity. Dr. Baez weaves research, history, and personal insight to underscore the need for a culturally grounded, relational, and spiritually inclusive path forward in mental health care—one that supports Indigenous communities not just in surviving, but in thriving.
March 4, 2025
THE YEAR 2024
Indigenous Americans Resist Mainstream Psychology, Promote Alter-Natives
In the most recent edition of Daedalus, Joseph P. Gone explores the evolution of the Indigenous historical trauma construct, questioning traditional mental health paradigms and advocating for a reassessment of how psychological distress is conceptualized and addressed.
His paper, “Indigenous Historical Trauma: Alter-Native Explanations for Mental Health Inequities,” critiques established psychiatric and psychological frameworks, emphasizing the need for integrative approaches that consider individuals within their broader socio-historical environments.
April 4, 2024
Episode 151: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Relatives with Dr. Amanda Young
In Episode 151 Ben chats with Dr. Amanda Young. Dr. Young is Hidatsa of MHA Nation as well as an Anishinaabe of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, both reservations of North Dakota. Amanda received her PhD in Counseling Psychologist from Oklahoma State in 2022. Her current research embraces the stories of Native women who are leaders within the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Movement in what’s colonially known as the U.S. She is hopeful this research will help rewrite the narrative of Native women, as we are more than a statistic. Currently, Dr. Young is completing her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Two Feathers Native American Family Services in Humboldt County, CA
May 2, 2024
