Alternative Ways of Knowing and Healing in Tribal Communities: Meet Dr. Joe Gone

In this episode of Community Possibilties, Dr. Joe Gone, Professor of Anthropology and of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University,  joins me to talk about his work at the intersection of culture, coloniality, and well-being in Indigenous communities. An enrolled member of the Aaniiih-Gros Ventre tribal Nation of Montana, he has investigated these issues through collaborative research partnerships in both reservation and urban American Indian settings.

We talk about:

• The historical trauma and the effects of that trauma on American Indians and other Indigenous peoples; 
• The pursuit of social justice;
• “Combatting societal erasure” and how it manifests in our communities, in health and mental health research;
• The meaning of the word “decolonizing;"   
• What decolonizing mental health services look like and valuing the therapeutic traditions of the past; 
• His work in substance abuse treatment with the Blackfeet Nation at the Crystal Creek Lodge.
• “The Power of Story” and indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and healing;
• What community leaders should appreciate about ways of knowing. 

Dr. Joe Gone's Bio
Joseph P. Gone is an international expert in the psychology and mental health of American Indians and other Indigenous peoples. A professor at Harvard University, Dr. Gone has collaborated with tribal communities for over 25 years to critique conventional mental health services and harness traditional culture and spirituality for advancing Indigenous well-being. He has published over 100 scientific articles and chapters, and received recognition in his fields through several fellowships and career awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014 and election to the National Academy of Medicine in 2021.

Connect with Joe
Email: jgone@g.harvard.edu

Website: https://gonetowar.com/

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