04136nam 2200733Ia 450 991082253280332120200520144314.01-4384-3436-71-4416-9675-X(CKB)2670000000095515(OCoLC)733047750(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574028(SSID)ssj0000524970(PQKBManifestationID)11355986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524970(PQKBWorkID)10487801(PQKB)10553370(MdBmJHUP)muse1745(Au-PeEL)EBL3407167(CaPaEBR)ebr10574028(OCoLC)923402362(DE-B1597)684421(DE-B1597)9781438434360(MiAaPQ)EBC3407167(EXLCZ)99267000000009551520100507d2011 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPotent mana lessons in power and healing /Wende Elizabeth Marshall1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20111 online resource (244 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-3434-0 1-4384-3435-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments/Genealogy -- Introduction -- Ka Po‘e Kahiko -- Wai‘anae -- Mana -- The Stench of Mauna Ala, Colonialism, and Mental Health -- Ka Leo -- Dreaming Change -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- IndexBrilliantly elucidating and weaving together the forces of indigenous sovereignty, colonialism, and personal health, Potent Mana offers a uniquely holistic and intimate portrait of the long-term effects of colonialism on an indigenous people., the kānaka maoli (Native Hawaiians). An ethnographic exploration based on fifteen months of research, the book moves the conversation on the dangerous effects of colonialism forward by exploring the theories and practices of Native Hawaiians engaged in decolonization. Decades of substance abuse, mental illness, depression, language loss, and the concomitant dispossession from sacred lands have accompanied colonialism. Consequently, healing, both mental and physical, are essential to decolonization and indigenous sovereignty in twenty-first century Hawai'i. Native Hawaiian-run treatment centers and clinics more than political rallies are centers for healing and decolonization on O'ahu today. The effects of colonialism and the measures taken to counter and move beyond it, as Wende Marshall convincingly argues, do not take place solely on a supralocal level but shatteringly involve the physical and emotional well-being of real individuals. Becoming decolonized is about overcoming the shame of colonialism, and requires a process of remembering the traditions of ancestors and reinterpreting and rewriting histories that have only been told from a colonial point of view. Decolonization is an indigenous perspective, and an understanding that health was impossible without political power and cultural integrity.ColonizationPsychological aspectsSelf-determination, NationalHawaiiHawaiiansEthnic identityHawaiiansSocial conditionsIndigenous peoplesEthnic identityIndigenous peoplesGovernment relationsHawaiiHistory1959-HawaiiColonizationColonizationPsychological aspects.Self-determination, NationalHawaiiansEthnic identity.HawaiiansSocial conditions.Indigenous peoplesEthnic identity.Indigenous peoplesGovernment relations.996.9/04Marshall Wende Elizabeth1961-1682073MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822532803321Potent mana4051925UNINA