“Historical Trauma in Focus: Synthesizing Science and the Sacred Path” - Deidre Yellowhair, Ph.D.

Deidre Yellowhair, Ph.D., is Diné/Navajo; she/her/Asdzáán, is an Assistant Professor, in the Division of Community Behavioral Health in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of New Mexico. Project Director for the Trauma informed to build Resilient, Indigenous, Balanced communities Enhanced with Strength (T.R.I.B.E.S.) Project that focuses on raising the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families, and communities, particularly American Indian/ Alaskan Native communities throughout the United States.
Raised on the Diné reservation in Arizona, Dr. Yellowhair has lived and worked in various tribal and non-tribal communities and settings in New Mexico, Arizona, and Michigan. Dr. Yellowhair’s research has focused on Historical Trauma, Race/Racism, Diversity and Equity& Inclusion. Dr. Yellowhair has worked in the service of urban and rural Native communities and has committed research and professional focus to promote raising awareness, education, research, and standards of care for tribal communities to have access to cultural safe, collaborative and historical trauma informed behavioral health care.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the components of Brave Heart’s Historical Trauma Unresolved Grief (HTUG) Model.2. Apply Indigenous/tribal science to research paradigms.3. Identify Historical Trauma informed practices for clinical work.
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