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Coyote's swing : a memoir and critique of mental hygiene in native America
- Title
- Coyote's swing : a memoir and critique of mental hygiene in native America / David Edward Walker.
- Author
- Walker, David Edward, 1956-
- Publication
- Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2022]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 23-2079 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvii, 382 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- 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.""--
- Subject
- Walker, David Edward, 1956-
- Yakama Indians > Mental health services
- Indians of North America > Mental health services > Washington (State)
- Psychologists > Washington (State) > Biography
- Indians of North America > Mental health services
- Psychologists
- Yakama Indians
- Mental health services
- Indians of North America
- Washington (State)
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-2079
- ISBN
- 9780874224207
- 0874224209
- LCCN
- 2022033510
- OCLC
- 1341841170
- Author
- Walker, David Edward, 1956- author.
- Title
- Coyote's swing : a memoir and critique of mental hygiene in native America / David Edward Walker.
- Publisher
- Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-2079