Staying in Tune: Music as an outlet for mental health, grief, and depression

Kenyen Scott Callado

Jicarilla Apache & San Ildefonso

“Jicarilla Apache Nation Flag.” Infobase, Facts On File. American Indian History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=18626&itemid=WE43&iid=202314. Accessed 20 Sept. 2024.

“Pueblo of San Ildefonso Flag.” Infobase, Facts On File. American Indian History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=18626&itemid=WE43&iid=202431. Accessed 20 Sept. 2024.

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Callado, Kenyen ¨basketball game¨. 2019

Personal Connection

Im interested in this topic because I wanna send a message to all the youth that there is good healthy outlets out there. You don't necessary need to write and make a song but just noting down your thoughts and emotions could take a relief off your shoulders. I also feel that a lot of these kids/youth nowadays go through trauma and deal with grief so im just giving them a piece of my mind because I was once in that situation, feeling alone. As well as letting them know that you not alone and as natives we have a high rate of drugs and alcohol so I wanna show them you don’t have to turn to those. But my personal connection is that I kinda was around music since I was young, from my grandpa to someone in my community. I would always sing with my grandpa and after he passed away I just carried it with me and it put me in situations I never would’ve pictured. Also making music really opened my eyes because I say stuff in my songs that people can relate to, so just being that positive impact is my goal and why i'm choosing this topic.

RESEARCH LOG 1

Okanagan Family Portrait, Public Domain, 1950

"Sharing One Skin" by Jeannette Armstrong

In the article, "Sharing One Skin" by Jeanette Armstrong I learned about 4 key things the Okanagan people follow and how their culture and traditions tie in with all of them. Also how like in order to move the next one/step, you have to excel with like the requirements and like gather yourself for it. An another thing is it can affect you and the things around us, as well as larger selves around us. The Okanagan people are strong with their beliefs and how some words in their language tie in with the 4 selves.

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, 1996. Pp 460-470.

Carlisle Indian School, 1867

"And I went to school" by Joseph Suina

In the story "And I went to school" by Joseph Suina it's about a boy, Suina that lives in a one room house with his grandmother. And he doesn't really have much and isn't fortunate and has limited access to a lot of things like water and house hold things. An when he goes to school he forced to not speak his language and when he does he is punished. As well as hime going off to boarding school every Sunday evening was one of the saddest moments in his life.

Suina, Joseph “And I went to school” memories of a pueblo childhood,”. New Mexico Journal of Reading, Winter 1985, Vol. V, No.2.

Callado Kenyen. "Jicarilla Reservation". 2024

"How place names impact the way we see landscape.” by Toastie B.

Memories and stories are connected to our land as described by . Toastie B. in the article, "How place names impact the way we see landscape.” . Toastie gives some good information about how "names impact the way we see landscape" and I find it interesting and relatable because for example I come from Jicarilla Apache and we have this one lake we like praise in a way because we were taught when younger the history and why it has the name it does. And I feel iif you knew the stories about it then your perspective would change. Like it's more than just a lake to us. Also like honoring it too.

Toastie, B. “How place names impact the way we see landscape.” High Country News: Know the West, 1 May 2022, https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.5/people-places-how-place-names-impact- the-way-we-see-landscape.

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Callado, Kenyen. "recording music". 2024

"The Path to Happiness for Music Students"

Gave conclusion on why music is good for others. "Happiness is essential" and everyone deserves it but no ones knows what others go through and how they manage their problems. Their personality within their well being is their practice and the ability is change and feel emotions is through music

Tu, J., Fu, H. The path to happiness for music students: music empathy and music engagement as potential sources of subjective well-being. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 11, 1037 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03533-0

Callado, Kenyen. "flower scenery". 2023

"Grief, Loss and Intergenerational Trauma" by Party Stelter

"Grief, loss and Intergenerational trauma" by Party Stelter issues me many information, including what others can go through without anyone knowing and how others can handle them. The worldview of Indigenous people and how they were considered from ancestors and being Indians. "We all deal with grief and loss at many various levels, from the smallest experience to the larger ones", no matter how big the experience is, it can affect you so deeply.

Stelter, Parry. "Grief, Loss, and Intergenerational Trauma." Indian Life, vol. 42, no. 1, July-Aug. 2021, p. 7. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A674728598/MSIC?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=90ca3ae5. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

Callado, Kenyen. "concert performance". 2023

"A Music Therapy Approach to Grief"

A Music Therapy Approach to Grief by O'Donnell, Grace Dasley was a big impact on children, adolescents and adults. There was so many process to go through and methods to have. "Although there are differences in the berearement process of children, adolescents and adults, there are so many similarities", every persons emotions are different, they take methods that will help them.

O'Donnell, Grace Dalsey. A Music Therapy Approach to Grief: Proposal of a Community Based Music Therapy Grief Support Group. Diss. Drexel University, 2022.

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DEBRE, ISABEL, and KAITLYN HUAMANI. “Liam Payne: Ex-One Direction star dies after fall from hotel balcony.” AP News, 17 October 2024, https://apnews.com/article/liam-payne-dies-one- direction- 6b7893a56e0d8701096775f611399dd8. Accessed 15 November 2024.

Enact Legislation to Safeguard Artists Mental Health in the Entertainment Industry

Discusses how Liam, an artist from the group ¨One Direction¨ left many heartbroken with is passing in October of 2024. It states that in 2021, he tried advocating for a support system for young artists in the industry and even spoke about his own struggles. It left some within the industry angry and saddened as they felt they let him down. Which led to come up with a law that would include more support during artist career and dto minimise before it´s too late. Which is concerning and felt to need to act now because the increasing rates of musicians dying before the age of 35. Now Liam´s fans are pushing for ¨Liam's Law¨ to be introduced after his death which 41,000 have signed the petition. Many say ¨this is concerning, we need to act now ¨.

“Petition · Enact Legislation to Safeguard Artists' Mental Health in the Entertainment Industry - United Kingdom · Change.org.” Change.org, https://www.change.org/p/enact-legislation-to-safeguard-artists-mental-health-in-the-entertainment-industry. Accessed 5 November 2024.

Silversmith, Shondiin, et al. “'Too shameful to acknowledge': Biden delivers historic apology for Indian boarding schools • Source New Mexico.” Source New Mexico, 25 October 2024, https://sourcenm.com/2024/10/25/too-shameful-to-acknowledge-biden-delivers-historic-apology-for-indian-boarding-schools/. Accessed 14 November 2024.

President Biden Apologize to Native Americans for Indian Boarding Schools

This article talks about how President Biden apologizes for Boarding Schools and the tens of thousands of Native Children who were forced to attend boarding schools. Even Deb Haaland said ¨it´s extraordinary that Biden is doing this¨, stating ¨It will mean so much to so many across Indian country¨. And about two weeks after the post report, the U.S. conference of Catholic Bishops issued a forma. Apology for the church’s role in a “history of trauma” on Native americans. When Haaland was member of Congress in 2020, she introduced legislation to investigate and document boarding schools. The governor of Gila River who comes from three generations of boarding school survivors says “praise Biden’s plan to apologize”.

"Biden set to apologize to Native Americans for Indian boarding schools." Washingtonpost.com, 24 Oct. 2024, p. NA. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A813497141/AONE? u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xi d=98a19c7c. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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Baby, Lil. “Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture (Audio).” YouTube, 12 June 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szJJEFxyrX8. Accessed 21 February 2025.

Music and Mood Regulation During the Early Stages of Covid-19 Pandemic

It discussed bout the impact and how many people used music to help them across the world. They did a survey to see how many people use music including 70,000 people in United States, United Kingdom, and India were some with big number results. They did a deeper dive and found the highlighted universality of music´s affective potency and its ability to help people manage on unprecedented life stressor. Also found that during Covid-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to ostudy how music is used to cope with stress and loss. The research and study finds a positive relationship between the use of music.

Hennessy, Sarah, et al. "Music and mood regulation during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic." PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 10, 20 Oct. 2021, p. e0258027. Gale Academic OneFile, dx.doi.org.sfis.idm.oclc.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258027. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

Sakhiseni, Joseph Y. "A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Influence of Gangsta Rap Music Videos to Young People of South Africa." Journal of African Languages & Literary Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2024, pp. 167-167–189. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/critical-discourse-analysis-on-influence-gangsta/docview/3050443520/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-2713/2024/7n1a8

Influence of Gangsta Rap Music Videos to Young People in South Africa

Seeing the ¨Influence of Gangsta Rap Music Videos to Young People In South Africa¨, Sakhiseni Joseph Yende talks about how gangsta rap of hip in the late 1980´s was introduced and brought into South Africa. And eventually a lot of the youth got access to the music videos and started to influence them in many ways. The crime rate wasn't always high like it is now. Since then there´s been so much change in the youth like seeing aggressive behavior and a negative social perception. And they interviewed some locals and they said ¨transformation has exerted a significant influence on contemporary youth culture¨. Also stating they wish ¨their youth never got a hold of the rap videos¨. Even says videos and media influence the urban life, crime, and social issues within the youth.

Sutherland, Elsie. “Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show: A statement to racial inequality.” The Florida Tech Crimson, 17 February 2025, https://www.crimson.fit.edu/arts_and_entertainment/kendrick-lamar-s-super-bowl-halftime-show-a-statement-to-racial-inequality/article_4238a046-ed6a-11ef-b574-b7d631aae68c.html. Accessed 20 February 2025.

Kendrick Lamar´s Super Bowl Halftime Show: A Statement of Racial Inequality

In ¨Kendrick Lamar´s Super Bowl Halftime Show Article ¨ by Elsie Sutherland in 2025, it talks about how his performance was a powerful political message. You see Kendrick didn't care if he lost some fans but he was able to do that with his platform he has. He said a quote saying ¨40 acres and a mule¨ referring to the reparations promised to Black Americans after the end of slavery in 1885. However many disagreed with the performance, many praised him for it. He said these messages while having President Donald Trump in attendance, saying ¨You picked the right time but the wrong guy¨. Even had Samuel Jackson on stage. Meanwhile his songs were delivered with an enchantment of symbolism and historical metaphors that made it to be remembered as one of history's meaningful halftime shows.

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