Show Notes
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
00:04:00 — Meeting the elder
00:10:00 — Ordered to write
00:13:00 — Languages of verbs
00:19:00 — "They're there"
00:22:00 — Ceremony and the eternal song
00:26:00 — Quantum entanglement and K'é
00:30:00 — Trauma is not an identity
00:35:00 — Healing the land with prayer
00:40:00 — "Already holy, sacred, and divine"
00:44:00 — The dream had you
00:49:00 — Finding your own roots
00:55:00 — Closing gratitude
Resources & Links
Eduardo Duran
Buddha in Redface
Healing the Soul Wound: Trauma-Informed Counseling for Indigenous Communities
Native American Postcolonial Psychology (with Bonnie Duran)
SAND & The Eternal Song
Liberation Psychology: Roots, Memory & Practice — a new live course by SAND, registration is now open
Watch Little Singer — the Diné film in The Eternal Song series
The Eternal Song film series
Watch Sila — streaming now
Referenced in the conversation
International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
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