WJ Kehewin

The Lateral Violence Project

“When a powerful oppressor has directed oppression against a group for some time, members of the oppressed group feel powerless to fight...

WJ Kehewin

Run For Your Life 66 (Content trigger warning for drug use)

My first love was born in the spring of ‘66’ in the middle of an air raid, bombs dropping both near and far, women and children...

WJ Kehewin

The Roller Coaster of Intergenerational Trauma

Growing up on the reservation was no picnic in the park. It was more like being on a roller coaster that was coasting along, ready to...

WJ Kehewin

She Wants to Live (Trigger Warning Domestic Violence)

The blood zig zags down her thin arm as she brings a cigarette to her quivering lips, dripping round circlets of blood onto the black...

WJ Kehewin

Jesus was Born in a Sweatlodge (Fiction)

Mother's favorite thing to do at Christmas was to create the whole manger scene with Jesus and the lambs and of course Mary and Joseph...

WJ Kehewin

A Big Coke Please

Being fourteen in the 80’s was madness. I couldn’t figure out if I was still a child or not. I still wanted to play ‘Barbie’s ‘ with my...

WJ Kehewin

How Not To Kill Your Family on a Budget

Ever see the clearance sections in the grocery stores and drug stores? You know the ones with the big red, “CLEARANCE” sign that catches...

WJ Kehewin

Monkeys In The Brain

I am nearing my 50's and can finally say I have reached scratched the surface of my trauma; enough to understand it at least and not...

WJ Kehewin

Trauma and Anxiety Never Go Away (But they can be managed)

I am nearing the other side of 50 still recovering from trauma and it never was an easy road. All the healing work I have done has made a...

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