Jeannette Armstrong's chapter of “The case against the global economy” titled Snaring Ones Skin talks about the difference between non-native communities and Native American communities like Armstrong’s community The Okanagan. Armstrong expresses that native people feel more closer and connected to earth and their land rather than non-native people. She expresses that non-native are disconnected from having beliefs like the Native Americans do. Through her story she explains to readers that Native American rights need to be protected and normalized.

Armstrong, Jeanette. “Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community,” in Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith (eds), The Case Against the Global Economy. San Francisco, CA, Sierra Club Books.

In the reading Native American Identity by Perry G. Horse, we learn and understand the struggles that are faced when living in a white society. Throughout the reading we also learn that struggles that Native Americans face with white privilege and also the struggle of trying to find one's identity. “Colonialism is a powerful force that affected American Indian cultures in many ways”. (page 66, paragraph 5)

Horse, Perry G. “Native American Identity”. New Directions for Student Services, no. 109, Spring 2005.

In this article it talks about how the trauma builds up and how it can be passed down from generation to generation. I also mentions about how native american families had the highest re-referral rates for sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect. It just talks all about the past trauma and present trauma and it mentions a lot of good statistics about abuse within native communities.

BigFoot , Delores. “American Indian Youth: Current and Historical Trauma.” American Indian Youth: Current and Historical Trauma, 2007, www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/programs_campaigns/tribal_training/american_indian_youth_current_and_historical_traum.pdf.

In this paragraph it talks about how therapy has potential to help some people but not all people. It really teaches people to learn how to engage in self-reflection and think twice about where you come from, beliefs, and/or biases. It also talks about how it creates how people can create their own healing and it can also help envision the world that they want to help.

Karcher, Owen Paul. Socio Political Oppression, Trauma, and Healing: Moving Toward a Social Justice Art Therapy Framework, Art Therapy, 2017. DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2017.1358024

In this article the authors talked about how art has historically had a therapeutic role in human lives and how it can inform the profession of art therapy. The authors also talked about a review of specific studies that reference traditional and indigenous art forms in art therapy to invite discussion, dialogue, and awareness of the role of the arts in human development and the therapeutic role of the arts.

Kaimal, Girija, and Asli Arslanbek. “Indigenous and Traditional Visual Artistic Practices: Implications for Art Therapy Clinical Practice and Research.” Frontiers, Frontiers, 19 May 2020, www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01320/full#h5.

In this article the author discusses how the act of viewing, making, and sharing music, paintings, graphic art, and things like digital videos can serve as a therapeutic form of healing. This article explores how therapeutic art-making can promote physical, mental, and social health at a time in history when all of these are under threat by COVID-19. It also mentions how art is available for all people, art is working its therapeutic magic to protect the physical, social, and mental health of the human species as we struggle together to confront COVID-19 with simultaneous distance and solidarity.

Gupta, Nisha. “Singing Away the Social Distancing Blues: Art Therapy in a Time of Coronavirus - Nisha Gupta, 2020.” SAGE Journals, journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022167820927807.

In this article the author gives an overview of how art making has historically had a therapeutic role in human lives and how it can inform the modern interpretation and profession of art therapy. The author also provides a critical review of specific studies that reference traditional and indigenous art forms in art therapy in order to invite discussion, dialogue, and awareness of the role of the arts in human development and the therapeutic role of the arts. And lastly it talks about how art therapist may consider revisiting cultural humility framework, recognize the historical trauma and disenfranchisement experienced by many indigenous communities.

Kaimal, Girija, and Asli Arslanbek. “Indigenous and Traditional Visual Artistic Practices: Implications for Art Therapy Clinical Practice and Research.” Frontiers, Frontiers, 19 May 2020, www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01320/full.

In this article it talks about how this man collects butterflies from his field and turns the butterfly wins into a work of art. He started doing this to sell the works of art to tourists and supplement his income. Some people are scarce because they think what he does to butterflies is violence and he still does it anyways because he sees it as a form of healing.

Zuckerman, Catherine. "Art Therapy." National Geographic Magazine, vol. 231, no. 4, Apr. 2017, p. [154]. National Geographic Archive 1995+, tinyurl.gale.com/tinyurl/DMMTq6. Accessed 26 Mar. 2021