Coyote's swing : a memoir and critique of mental hygiene in native America

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Coyote's swing : a memoir and critique of mental hygiene in native America / David Edward Walker.

Walker, David Edward, 1956- (author.).

Summary:

"Using a traditional Yakama tale as a motif, the author combines firsthand experiences as a consulting psychologist with rare history and sociocultural critique, revealing how the U.S. mental health system reframes Native American reactions to oppression and marginalization into "mental disorders" and "mental illness.""-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780874224207
ISBN: 0874224209
Physical Description: xxvii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Machine generated contents note: pt. I Cat Brings Coyote's Swing -- One. Coyote Swings -- Two. "Who Are You, and Why Are You Here?" -- Three. A Brief Swing Backwards -- pt. II Coyote Swings Back and Forth -- Four. The Disordered Native -- Five. Oppressive and Genocidal Realities -- Six. IHS Attempts to Prevent Native Suicide -- Seven. Border Skirmish -- Eight. "Being PTSD" -- pt. III Building Coyote's Swing -- Nine. Collective Suffering -- Ten. Exploring the Soul Wound -- Eleven. "The Continuance of Their Race" -- Twelve. Generational Carry: Boxing to Boarding School -- Thirteen. My Generational Carry -- Fourteen. Entering the Asylum -- Fifteen. Locked Inside Hiawatha: Josephine's "Delusions" -- Sixteen. Locked in Hiawatha: Emily's Demise -- Seventeen. Locked Inside Hiawatha: Two Eyewitnesses..." -- Eighteen. Locked in Hiawatha: The Soldier -- Nineteen. Todays Indian Asylums -- pt. IV Dismantling Coyote's Swing -- Twenty. Hope and Reason.