About this episode

Eduardo Duran discusses the concepts of soul wound and historical trauma in Indigenous communities, emphasizing the importance of language and ceremony in healing.

Recorded live at our May 2026 online gathering celebrating Little Singer , the Diné film in The Eternal Song series, this conversation with psychologist Eduardo Duran (Apache/Tewa/Lakota) begins with the prophecy of Crazy Horse and moves through the teachings of the elder who trained him, the soul wound and the origins of the term historical trauma, why Indigenous languages of verbs change how we understand diagnosis, and the Diné teaching of K'é: the universe wired in complete relationship. Trauma, he reminds us, is a movement and not an identity, and the medicine is in the song itself. Eduardo joins the teaching panel of our upcoming live course, Liberation Psychology: Roots, Memory & Practice. Eduardo Duran (Apache/Tewa/Lakota) is a psychologist and Vietnam veteran who has spent most of his career working in Indigenous communities, informed by Buddhist practice, Native teachings, and heart knowing. His work introduced the concepts of the soul wound and historical trauma into clinical practice. He is the author of Buddha in Redface , Healing the Soul Wound , and Native American Postcolonial Psychology . Topics 00:00:00 — Introduction 00:01:00 — The prophecy of Crazy Horse…

People in this episode

Guest: Eduardo Duran

Topics covered

• Indigenous psychology
• historical trauma
• soul wound
• language and diagnosis
• ceremony
• trauma and identity
• healing

Keywords

• soul wound
• historical trauma
• Indigenous languages
• ceremony
• Crazy Horse
• psychology
• healing
• Diné
• Liberation Psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Science and Nonduality

Books & works: Buddha in Redface, Healing the Soul Wound, Native American Postcolonial Psychology

Places: Diné, Vietnam

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