Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart is a Native American social worker, associate professor and mental health expert.
[4][5] Her most significant findings came in a cluster of six symptoms: She also proposed a three-pronged intervention mode: education, sharing the effects of trauma and grief resolution through collective mourning and healing.
[6] Since 1976, Brave Heart has worked directly in the field to gather information on the impact of historical trauma within the indigenous communities.
[12] Dr. Brave Heart was also responsible for the incorporation of techniques designed to intervene and enhance reservation parenting through a number of successful grants.
Dr. Brave Heart was also on the board of directors for the Council on Social Work Education and acted as an adviser/consultant to the National Indian Country Child Trauma Center.