The Science of Sharing Power: Native American Thought and Behavior Analysis

Lowery, Christine T.; Mattaini, Mark A.

doi:10.5210/bsi.v9i1.139

Cited by 11 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 28 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Through the practice of storywork and oral traditions, indigenous people learn to live in right relationship with the themselves, their families, communities, and all of creation. Lowery (1999) and Lowery and Mattaini (1999) discuss the impact of shared power and shared narrative for indigenous people, specifically for AI women. "The sharing of power, to a lesser or greater extent, is increasingly represented in contemporary behavioral practice and with explicit attention could be extended much further" (Lowery and Mattaini, 1999, pp.…”

Section: Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

Our Vision of Health for Future Generations: An Exploration of Proximal and Intermediary Motivations With Women of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Brown¹

2000

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Health disparities and substance misuse are increasingly prevalent, costly, and deadly in Indian Country. Although women historically held positions of influence in pre-colonial Tribal societies and shared in optimum health, their current health is relegated to some of the worst outcomes across all racial groups in the United States. Women of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) have some of the highest prevalence estimates in physical inactivity and excessive drinking in the United States. Building on the Indigenous Stress Coping model of indigenous health, "Our Vision of Health for Future Generations" explores the intersection of a historical event, the Trail of Tears, and its lasting impact on the contemporary health outcomes in tribal members. This inquiry is positioned within the Yappallí Choctaw Road to Health project that explores these broader issues. This culturally-centered study explores proximal and settings-based/intermediary motivations of twenty-three women who completed the Yappallí project, walked the Trail of Tears, and developed a holitobit ibbak fohki "sacred giving" community health event. Analysis was conducted using the Listening Guide method, that highlighted the contrapuntal voices of embodiment, motivation, challenges, and transformation. Participants shared stories in relation to both their individual health concerns (proximal), and deep love and commitment for the health of their family, community and for future generations (intermediary). This study provides another framework for the development of indigenized research, by using in-depth interviews, haklo "listen deeply" as a form of indigenous storywork that is centering of the experiences of marginalized people, and reflexivity as anukfilli "Deep Reflection".

show abstract

Section: Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

Our Vision of Health for Future Generations: An Exploration of Proximal and Intermediary Motivations With Women of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Brown¹

2000

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…It is not the first time indigenous groups are the subject of a paper under a Behavior Analysis perspective. Lowery and Mattaini (1999) interpreted the cultural practice of Native Americans in the sharing of power and their influence in American politics. This paper can potentially contribute to important social issues by highlighting the decisive role of the Brazilian National Constitution in the process of indigenous visibility.…”

Section: Final Remarksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnogenesis of a Brazilian Indigenous Community, A Behavior Analytic Interpretation: Ethnogenesis of the Tapuios do Carretão

Baia

Neves²,

Filho³

et al. 2017

Behav. Soc. Iss.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Ethnogenesis is a process of historic construction from interethnic interactions that originate new social categories, in other words, that form groups that distinguish from the rest of society. In Brazil, after the Constitution of 1988, different groups used their ethnogenesis to obtain recognition of their indigenous condition. One of these groups is the Tapuios do Carretão, a community in Brazil's centralwest region inhabited by descendants of indigenous, black, and white people, who speak Portuguese and are recognized by the Brazilian government as an indigenous group. The goal of this paper was to reconstruct an ethnogenesis of the Tapuios indigenous group from a Behavior Analysis perspective, thus improving our comprehension of this group's cultural practices by analyzing the processes that selected them. Behavior-analytical concepts would allow us to further understand changes in cultural practices that occurred due to colonization. Finally, we discuss the importance of laws in planning and changing cultures. For Brazilian indigenous groups, consequences such as the right to land and other benefits had an important role in encouraging members of indigenous communities to seek recognition of their condition. KEYWORDS: cultural Practices, metacontingency, macrocontingency, Tapuios do CarretãoThe Brazilian census in 2010 estimated that in Brazil there are 896,917 indigenous inhabitants distributed in 246 indigenous groups (Brasil, 2010). Before the Portuguese colonization, it is estimated that there were over a thousand indigenous groups adding to about 4 million indigenous people (Ossaimi de Moura, 2008). The colonization of Brazil by Portugal did not only decimate the indigenous population; it produced changes in cultural practices that facilitated the creation of

show abstract

“…The development of the strategy also involved the confluence of behavior analytic science and certain indigenous practices that proved highly consistent with that science (Lowery & Mattaini, 1999). PEACE POWER emphasizes constructing cultures of prosocial, nonviolent power (as an alternative to coer-cive power) with youth in organizations, families, and communities.…”

Section: Peace Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioral Strategies for Constructing Nonviolent Cultures With Youth

Mattaini¹,

McGuire

2006

Behav Modif

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Youth violence is widely recognized as a critical social issue in the United States, and many approaches to prevention have been developed in recent years. Emerging research suggests that only approaches that are deeply embedded in cultural, community, and organizational contexts are likely to be powerful enough to have a meaningful collective impact. No programs of this kind that are also truly practical and socially valid have yet reached a level where they can be regarded as well established, but data are beginning to appear that can guide community efforts. In this review, two classes of behavioral programming that appear promising as partial solutions to this need are identified: universal skills training and ecological strategies that focus on interlocking cultural practices. Progressive refinements in both are appearing through programs of developmental research. This paper reviews the state of the science in these efforts.

show abstract

The Science of Sharing Power: Native American Thought and Behavior Analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

Our Vision of Health for Future Generations: An Exploration of Proximal and Intermediary Motivations With Women of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Our Vision of Health for Future Generations: An Exploration of Proximal and Intermediary Motivations With Women of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Ethnogenesis of a Brazilian Indigenous Community, A Behavior Analytic Interpretation: Ethnogenesis of the Tapuios do Carretão

Behavioral Strategies for Constructing Nonviolent Cultures With Youth

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About