Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 1:00–2:30 PM EDT / 10:00–11:30 AM PDT / 11:00 AM–12:30 PM MDT / 12:00–1:30 PM CDT / 2:00–3:30 PM ADT / 6:00–7:30 PM BST / 7:00–8:30 PM CAT, CEST / 8:00–9:30 PM AST, EEST / 9:00–10:30 PM AMT, GET, GST
This International Center for MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma webinar is held immediately following October 12th — Indigenous Peoples Day in the United States. Presenters from the New Mexico pueblos and the California and Oregon coastal tribes will focus on past and current traumatic experiences of American Indigenous peoples. They will share their tribal trauma histories, their intergenerational consequences, and restorative and reparative actions taken to nurture healing and protect future generations.
Speakers:
Michael E. Bird
A Kewa Pueblo Indian from New Mexico, Michael Bird is the only American Indian and first social worker to serve as (2000-2001) President of the American Public Health Association in its 154-year history. His distinguished public health career has focused on Native Americans, working in settings such as Indian Health Service, Native American AIDS Prevention Center, and numerous organization’s health policy committees. He is recognized as a distinguished and influential alumnus by his two master’s programs, University of Utah (MSW) and UC Berkeley (MPH).
Theresa Harlan
Born in San Francisco, Theresa Harlan is blessed with two families who have shaped and informed her self-knowledge and awareness as an Indigenous woman. By birth a Jemez Pueblo enrolled member of Kewa Pueblo of New Mexico, and the daughter of her adopted parents Elizabeth Campigli Harlan (Támal-ko/Coast Miwok) and John Harlan (Euro-American). Raised on stories and lives of her Támal-ko/Coast Miwok family and ancestors, as an advocate for Indigenous ancestral lands and director of the Alliance for Felix Cove, she works to rematriate her mother’s Felix family home at Point Reyes National Seashore.
mok (Mark) Petrie
A Hanis Coos tribal citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians of Oregon, mok draws from his Indigenous cultural teachings and community relationships to guide his life and work in a restorative and holistic way, with responsibility to the next seven generations. A volunteer Peacegiver (Peacemaker) and Talking Circle facilitator within his tribal community, he finds hope and possibility in creating spaces that bridge divides, center people and relationships, and honor the strengths that emerge across cultures.
Moderators:
Dr. Yael Danieli
A clinical psychologist, traumatologist, victimologist and psychohistorian, Dr. Danieli is Founder, Executive Director and Senior Representative to the United Nations of the International Center for MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT); Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children and Past-President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Dr. Mary Fabri
A clinical psychologist, worked with torture survivors for over 30 years. She was Senior Director of Torture Treatment Services and International Training at Marjorie Kovler Center in Chicago for 12 years. She served as President of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs for 5 years. Dr. Fabri now works as an independent consultant internationally on multigenerational mental health issues related to torture, war trauma, gender-based violence, and HIV.
