About this episode
Julian Brave NoiseCat explores his family's stories of survival and identity in the context of ancestral trauma.
After centuries of ancestral trauma, Julian must listen closely to the stories of his family —stories of survival, memory, myth and generations of erasure—in order to discover the story of himself. Julian Brave NoiseCat's book, We Survived the Night , is out now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Guest: Julian Brave NoiseCat
Topics covered
- ancestral trauma
- family stories
- survival
- memory
- myth
- identity
Keywords
- ancestral trauma
- family stories
- Julian Brave NoiseCat
- identity
- survival
- memory
- myth
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: We Survived the Night
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