The Carlisle Vortex with Benj

Maredyth Benjamine Raynelle Cheromiah Salazar is a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, belonging to the Big Turkey and Little Roadrunner clans from the village of Paguate in New Mexico. She is a second year doctoral student in Clinical-Community Psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). She received her BA in English and Psychology with a concentration in Addiction Counseling from the University of New Mexico and completed her MS in Clinical Psychology with a GC in Children’s Mental Health from UAA. Her clinical interests are in the treatment of substance use, intergenerational trauma, and sociocultural stress among Native American and Alaska Native (NAAN) Peoples focusing on culturally relevant methods and is currently completing a clinical practicum at the Aleutian Islands Pribilof Association in Anchorage, Alaska. Her research interests are in the relationship between microaggressions and psychological distress among NAAN Peoples, is involved in ongoing research on the impact and treatment of substance use among NAAN peoples, and research exploring resiliency factors among Lingít Peoples. Her community work includes being a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division 35, Section 6 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Taskforce and is the Student Coordinator for UAA’s Alaska Natives into Psychology (ANPsych)/Alaska Native Community Advancement in Psychology (ANCAP) programs. Maredyth is the granddaughter of Carlisle Indian Industrial School students, Mary Bailey Seonia (enr. 1885), Howice Seonia (enr. 1895), Benjamin Seonia (enr. 1904), William Seonia (enr. unknown), and Charles Brown Analla (enr. 1914).

Recorded: September 19, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska

Song Credit: Another Day by Supaman