Stories of Trauma, Healing and Hope.

NATIVE American children; NATIVE American musicians; CHILDREN & violence; NATIVE American youth; CONFERENCES & conventions; SERVICES for Native Americans; SOCIAL history

The author discusses her experience as a singer and musician, with a focus on her involvement in hearings with the U.S. Justice Department Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence as of May/June 2014. Other topics include the preservation of American Indian heritage, the incarceration of American Indian youth, and historical trauma.