MISSOULA –

A cultural psychologist from the University of Michigan will explore the issue of historical trauma during the 13th Native American Lecture at the O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, held in conjunction with The University of Montana’s Charter Day Celebration.

Joseph P. Gone will present “Reconsidering American Indian Historical Trauma: Ruminations of a Critical Cultural Psychologist” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in UM Liberal Arts Building Room 11. The event is free and open to the public.

Gone, an enrolled member of Montana’s Gros Ventre tribe, is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

His lecture will examine historical trauma in contrast to individual, personal trauma, specifically as it affects American Indians. He says historical trauma is a collective, intergenerational experience that, if left untreated, can compound over time, afflicting successive generations.

After attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Gone earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard College and completed an internship in clinical psychology at McLean Hospital. He then earned a master’s and a doctorate in clinical and community psychology from the University of Illinois.

Gone has taught at the University of Michigan since 2002. His research centers on mental health professionals who serve Native American communities and how they can provide culturally appropriate helping services.

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