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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