American Indian Youth: Current and Historical Trauma
Internet URL
http://www.nctsnet.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/AI_Youth-CurrentandHistoricalTrauma.pdf 
Sponsoring Agency
Indian Country Child Trauma Center
Description
The impact of current and historical trauma on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth can not be fully understood without a careful retrospective study of the multiple layers that undermined the social and emotional fabric that once supported intact American Indian and Alaskan Native families. A brief review on federal policy is necessary to build an understanding of the complexity of what contributes to the traumatic events that surround AI/AN youth who reside in what is called Indian Country. This cultural and trauma brief provides information about American Indian and Alaskan Native youth exposure to trauma.