Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement have brutally exposed racial and socioeconomic injustice. In their wake, it is becoming impossible to hold on to the same airbrushed narratives of the past.
Thanksgiving, for example, is a beloved celebration for many people in America, but it is also a controversial celebration riddled with historical inaccuracy.
For some people, memories of genocide, colonialism, and historical trauma replace connotations of peace, harmony, and understanding.
As American Indian health experts have pointed out, reckoning with historical trauma and the impact it has had on the health and well-being of entire populations is the first step in achieving health equity.