Describe the four components Brave Heart’s psychoeducational intervention to address First Nations grief and loss.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: (1) Stimulating remembrance of Lakota trauma through a presentation and videotape about the Wounded Knee Massacre and boarding school trauma following quickly by small group activities designed to develop group cohesiveness, bonding and symptom normalization, e.g., each participant diagrammed a lifeline of traumatic experiences which they shared with partners and in small groups; (2) review of the elements of unresolved trauma and grief; (3) co-facilitation by a Lakota man and woman (with similar trauma experiences to the participants) of small group exercises and discussion; and (4) the carrying out of the oinikage/inipi or Lakota purification and traditional wiping of the ears ceremonies.
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