Episode 002: Davona Blackhorse, MA (PhD Candidate)

For today’s episode, Tommy B and Robby G (AKA Cody B and Danny P) go #beyondFLG with Davona Blackhorse, a clinical mental health counselor who is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from NAU. In Davona’s program, her studies focus on the psychological impact of toxic land mining exposure on the Navajo Reservation and historical trauma among Native Americans. Among other activities, Davona has helped develop a social practice art exhibition titled, “Hope + Trauma in a Poisoned Land” and was a featured speaker at the National History Institute’s annual conference on Reciprocal Healing in Sedona. Davona is bright, strong, courageous. and knowledgeable. Listen as she references a wide range of authors and activists in a wide range of fields including Julie Pasternak, Winona LaDuke, Amanda Blackhorse, John Bowlby, John Trudell, Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, and Jack Kerouac. Listen to the episode and check the links below to learn more about the issues Davona is passionate about and how those issues relate to the area in and around Flagstaff, AZ. Julie Pasternak: https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Dirt-Poisoned-Betrayal-Navajos/dp/1416594833 Winona LaDuke: https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Sacred-Power-Naming-Claiming-ebook/dp/B01DV1YCDA/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3H5NMREVAC0D1&dchild=1&keywords=winona+laduke&qid=1586487266&s=books&sprefix=Winona+%2Cstripbooks%2C188&sr=1-2 John Trudell: https://www.amazon.com/Lines-Mined-Mind-Words-Trudell/dp/1555916783/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=John+trudell&qid=1586487367&s=books&sr=1-1 Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart: https://www.ihs.gov/sites/telebehavioral/themes/responsive2017/display_objects/documents/slides/historicaltrauma/htreturnsacredpath0513.pdf Jack Kerouac: http://jackkerouac.com