PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will screen “Healing the Warrior’s Heart,” a documentary examining post-traumatic stress disorder through the lens of Indigenous practices and ceremony.
The screening will take place at 3 p.m. Thursday at the college’s Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. in Port Angeles.
The event is co-sponsored by Studium Generale and ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse. PC’s First Nations Club members will also host in honor of national Native American Heritage Month, a time to honor and celebrate Indigenous languages, stories, cultures and traditions.
“Healing the Warrior’s Heart” focuses on practices from the Diné, Ute, Zuni, Crow and Blackfeet nations, as the film explores an understanding of PTSD as “a poisoning of the spirit,” and the ways Native healers and spiritual leaders bring “cleansing, blessing and soul healing” to individuals returning to their communities from America’s wars.
The film includes interviews and scenes with spiritual leaders, veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, elder veterans, family members and tribal leaders.
Integrated Indigenous Studies Professor Migizi Miigwan and Nicole Nesberg will speak at the screening, expanding the audience’s learning on Native American veterans and their service.
For more information, visit pencol.edu/events or contact Dr. Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu or 360-417-6362.
