University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2021 Jun;48(3):265-275. doi: 10.1177/10901981211010099.
. Historical trauma has been widely applied to American Indian/Alaska Native and other Indigenous populations and includes dimensions of language, sociocultural, and land losses and associated physical and mental disorders, as well as economic hardships. Insufficient evidence remains on the experiences of historical trauma due to waves of colonization for mixed-race Mexican people with indigenous ancestry (el pueblo mestizo). . Drawing from our critical lenses and epistemic advantages as indigenous feminist scholars, we ask, "How can historical trauma be understood through present-day discourse of two mestizo communities? What are public health practice and policy implications for healing historical trauma among mestizo populations?" . We analyzed the discourse from two community projects: focus groups and ethnographic field notes from a study in the U.S.-Mexico border region (2012-2014) and field notes and digital stories from a service-learning course in northern New Mexico (2016-2018). . Our analysis describes the social and historical experiences of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Chicanas/os, and Nuevo Mexicano peoples in the southwestern border region of the United States. We found four salient themes as manifestations of "soul-wound": (1) violence/fear, (2) discrimination/shame, (3) loss, and (4) deep sorrow. Themes mitigating the trauma were community resiliency rooted in "querencia" (deep connection to land/home/people) and "conscientizacion" (critical consciousness). . Historical trauma experienced by mestizo Latinx communities is rooted in local cultural and intergenerational narratives that link traumatic events in the historic past to contemporary local experiences. Future public health interventions should draw on culturally centered strength-based resilience approaches for healing trauma and advancing health equity.
. 历史创伤已被广泛应用于美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民和其他原住民群体，包括语言、社会文化、土地丧失以及相关的身心障碍和经济困难等方面。由于殖民浪潮，混血墨西哥原住民（拉美人）的历史创伤经历的证据仍然不足。. 作为具有本土女权主义学者视角和优势的我们，从批判的角度提出疑问：“如何通过当前两个拉美人社区的话语来理解历史创伤？在拉美人中治愈历史创伤的公共卫生实践和政策意味着什么？”. 我们分析了两个社区项目的话语：美国-墨西哥边境地区的一项研究（2012-2014 年）的焦点小组和民族志实地笔记，以及新墨西哥州北部一门服务学习课程的实地笔记和数字故事（2016-2018 年）。. 我们的分析描述了居住在美国西南部边境地区的墨西哥人、墨西哥裔美国人、奇卡诺人和新墨西哥人的社会和历史经历。我们发现了四个突出的主题，即“灵魂创伤”的表现形式：（1）暴力/恐惧，（2）歧视/羞耻，（3）丧失，（4）深深的悲伤。减轻创伤的主题是根植于“querencia”（与土地/家/人深深的联系）和“conscientizacion”（批判意识）的社区韧性。. 拉美人社区经历的历史创伤源于将历史上的创伤事件与当代当地经历联系起来的当地文化和代际叙事。未来的公共卫生干预措施应该借鉴以文化为中心的、基于优势的韧性方法来治愈创伤，促进健康公平。
