In honor of Women's History month, the entire month of March will be dedicated to the women creating a legacy in the worldwide PACEs movement.
In this Thursday’s episode, Agnes Woodward uses her knowledge of historical trauma and the healing power of the arts to raise awareness of the adversity Indigenous women face. She also discusses how indigenous women can heal themselves, their families, and future generations.
About Agnes Woodward:
Beginning in 2013, Agnes Woodward often awakened in the middle of the night to check that all doors in her house were locked and her five children were safe. Thanks to knowledge about the science of adverse childhood experiences, she later realized her fears were symptoms of trauma related to her childhood and those of her parents.
Woodward experienced domestic violence and outright racism growing up as a Plains Cree from Kawacatoose First Nation, in Saskatchewan, Canada. She also was the child of generational trauma as she later discovered her parents’ histories as survivors of the Canadian government’s brutal assimilation actions.
A 17-year resident of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in central North Dakota, Woodward says that trauma balanced by activism to promote Indigenous rights was in her blood. Her father, born in 1944, was removed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from his home when he was just seven years old. He was kept in residential schools until he was able to leave at the age of 15. Only in recent years has he begun to share the traumatic experiences of his time at the school and his many escape attempts. (To read the rest of this blog post by Sylvia Paull, please click here.)
To hear this encore episode of History. Culture. Trauma., please click here.
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