Decolonizing Mental Health & Supporting Indigenous Women – Tyra Wanatee-Flores, BSW

Episode 48
Guest: Tyra Wanatee-Flores, BSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW

Tyra Wanatee-Flores, a descendant of the Sac and Fox Nation of the Mississippi in Iowa and an MSW student at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses her work addressing youth suicide, substance abuse, and gender-based violence in Indigenous communities. She shares how she integrates culturally grounded, community-driven approaches to mental health and social work, informed by her experience as a Buder Scholar and her commitment to decolonizing practice. Tyra also talks about her advocacy with Meskwaki RISE, supporting Indigenous survivors of domestic and sexual violence. She highlights her activism in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement and why it is critical for all of us to take action to end this violence.

In this episode:

• Addressing youth suicide and substance abuse in Indigenous communities
• How Eurocentric mental health frameworks fall short and how to move beyond them
• Decolonizing practice through community, tradition, and culture
• Supporting Indigenous survivors of domestic and sexual violence through Meskwaki RISE
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and how we can all take action to end this violence

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