Historical trauma: Politics of a conceptual framework

Prussing, Erica

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“…The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is used as prime model organism for experimental studies of eukaryotic organisms, possessing genetic, anatomic, behavioural, methodological and even economic advantages . A complete genome of D. melanogaster has been determined and protein‐coding regions are well‐annotated.…”

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Gel‐free mass spectrometry analysis of Drosophila melanogaster heads

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Membrane proteins play key roles in several fundamental biological processes such as cell signalling, energy metabolism and transport. Despite the significance, these still remain an under-represented group in proteomics datasets. Herein, a bottom-up approach to analyse an enriched membrane fraction from Drosophila melanogaster heads using multidimensional liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with tandem-mass spectrometry (MS/MS) that relies on complete solubilisation and digestion of proteins, is reported. An enriched membrane fraction was prepared using equilibrium density centrifugation on a discontinuous sucrose gradient, followed by solubilisation using the filter-aided sample preparation (FASP), tryptic and sequential chymotryptic digestion of proteins. Peptides were separated by reversed-phase (RP) LC at high pH in the first dimension and acidic RP-LC in the second dimension coupled directly to an Orbitrap Velos Pro mass spectrometer. A total number of 4812 proteins from 114 865 redundant and 38 179 distinct peptides corresponding to 4559 genes were identified in the enriched membrane fraction from fly heads. These included brain receptors, transporters and channels that are most important elements as drug targets or are linked to disease. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001712 (http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/dataset/PXD001712).

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“…Scholars also have discussed historical trauma among Japanese individuals as a result of the forced internment during World War II (Nagata & Cheng, 2003; Nagata & Takeshita, 2002), Black/African American individuals as a result of slavery and a long history of societal devaluation (Williams-Washington, 2010), and Mexican and Mexican Ameri-can individuals as a result of Spanish colonization and a history of maltreatment by the U.S. government (Estrada, 2009). Our results, along with the burgeoning literature on historical trauma among Indigenous populations (e.g., Brave Heart, Chase, Elkins, & Altschul, 2011; Prussing, 2014; Walls & Whitbeck, 2012; Walters, Mohammed, et al, 2011), may be useful in further thinking about negative contemporary experiences resulting from historically rooted events among these other ethnic, cultural, and racial minority groups. Moreover, the HLS may prove to be useful in guiding the development of standardized assessments to assess one aspect of historical trauma (i.e., thoughts about historical loss) that may be experienced by members of these groups.…”

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The Historical Loss Scale: Longitudinal measurement equivalence and prospective links to anxiety among North American indigenous adolescents.

Armenta¹,

Whitbeck²,

Habecker³

2016

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objectives-Thoughts of historical loss (i.e., the loss of culture, land, and people as a result of colonization) are conceptualized as a contributor to the contemporary distress experienced by North American Indigenous populations. Although discussions of historical loss and related constructs (e.g., historical trauma) are widespread within the Indigenous literature, empirical efforts to understand the consequence of historical loss are limited, partially because of the lack of valid assessments. In this study we evaluated the longitudinal measurement properties of the Historical Loss Scale (HLS)-a standardized measure that was developed to systematically examine the frequency with which Indigenous individuals think about historical loss-among a sample of North American Indigenous adolescents. We also test the hypothesis that thoughts of historical loss can be psychologically distressing.Methods-Via face-to-face interviews, 636 Indigenous adolescents from a single cultural group completed the HLS and a measure of anxiety at 4 time-points, which were separated by 1-to 2-year intervals (M age = 12.09 years, SD = .86, 50.0% girls at baseline).Results-Responses to the HLS were explained well by 3-factor (i.e., cultural loss, loss of people, and cultural mistreatment) and second-order factor structures. Both of these factor structures held full longitudinal metric (i.e., factor loadings) and scalar (i.e., intercepts) equivalence. In addition, using the second-order factor structure, more frequent thoughts of historical loss were associated with increased anxiety.Conclusions-The identified 3-factor and second-order HLS structures held full longitudinal measurement equivalence. Moreover, as predicted, our results suggest that historical loss can be psychologically distressing for Indigenous adolescents.Keywords historical loss; historical trauma; Indigenous adolescents; measurement equivalence/invariance Some experiences are common among members of ethnic and cultural minority groups in North America. For example, members of ethnic and cultural minority groups typically Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Brian E. Armenta, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 124E Psychology Building, Columbia, MO 65211. armentab@missouri.edu. Brian E. Armenta is now at Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri -Columbia. HHS Public AccessAuthor manuscript Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2018 July 10. experience some degree of discrimination and have to navigate two (or more) cultural systems. At the same time, some experiences are more common among members of specific ethnic and cultural minority groups (Armenta et al., 2013). Of specific relevance to the present study, individuals who are indigenous to North America (i.e., American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Canadian First Nations people) often experience psychological trauma stemming from the historical and ongoing atrocities perpetrated on their people a...

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“…There are many terms used to characterize the enduring trauma of Indigenous peoples; historical trauma (Brave Heart, 1993; collective trauma (Abadian, 1999;Evans-Campbell, 2008;Krieg 2009); post-traumatic stress (Manson et al (Eds. ), 1996;Prussing, 2014); intergenerational trauma (Braveheart & Debruyn, 1998;Evans-Campbell, 2008;Funston, 2013;Sherwood, 2009;Sweet et al, 2014); Native Holocaust (Stannard, 1992); historical loss (Whitbeck et al, 2004); post-traumatic stress response (Mitchell & Maracle, 2005); soul wound (Duran, 2006); colonial trauma (Evans-Campbell, 2008) and colonial injury (Kirmayer et al, 2014). Evans-Campbell (2008) discusses the limitations of the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) model in understanding the impacts of trauma over multiple generations.…”

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Colonial Trauma: Complex, continuous, collective, cumulative and compounding effects on the health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and beyond

Mitchell

2019

IJIH

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Indigenous peoples across the globe suffer a disproportionate burden of both mental and physical illness relative to Settler populations. A substantial body of research indicates that colonialism and its associated processes are important determinants of Indigenous peoples' health. In Canada, despite an abundance of health research documenting inequalities in morbidity and mortality rates for Indigenous peoples, relatively little research has focused on the political, historical, cultural basis of health disparities. This paper advances a theory of colonial trauma as a conceptual framework with which to understand Indigenous health and mental health disparities. Colonial Trauma is described as a complex, continuous, collective, cumulative and compounding interaction of impacts related to the imposition of colonial policies and practices which continue to separate Indigenous Peoples from their land, languages, cultural practices, and one another. The theory of colonial trauma is presented as useful a framework for understanding the links between persistent health disparities, the traumagenic nature of colonialism and the right of self-determination.

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Historical trauma: Politics of a conceptual framework

Cited by 40 publications

References 51 publications

Gel‐free mass spectrometry analysis of Drosophila melanogaster heads

Gel‐free mass spectrometry analysis of Drosophila melanogaster heads

The Historical Loss Scale: Longitudinal measurement equivalence and prospective links to anxiety among North American indigenous adolescents.

Colonial Trauma: Complex, continuous, collective, cumulative and compounding effects on the health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and beyond

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