Native American Perspectives on Health and Healing 

The MCDD is pleased to present this afternoon workshop to Kennedy Krieger clinical staff featuring Tami Jollie-Trottier, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and enrolled Citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Belcourt, North Dakota, who brings more than 20 years of experience in the area of mental health service delivery in Indian Country.

Dr. Tami Jollie-Trottier, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, is a clinical psychologist specializing in Indigenous behavioral health and healing.  She has over 20-years of experience in the area of mental health service delivery in Indian Country.  

In 2003, she was a recipient of the American Psychological Association Minority Research Fellowship during her graduate career at the University of North Dakota, where she earned her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2005. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Indigenous health psychology research at UND School of Medicine; and a year of specialty training at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute in Fargo, ND before returning to work on her hometown reservation of Belcourt in 2008. She co-owns Seven Stone: Center for Behavioral Health & Healing, the first Indigenous-owned behavioral health clinic established on tribal lands. In 2015, Dr. Jollie-Trottier was awarded the Minot State University’s Association’s Young Alumni Achievement award for her contributions and work in Indian Country; and serves on MSU’s board of regents. She is also a 2016 Bush Foundation Fellowship recipient, which provides time and resources for Dr. Jollie-Trottier to enhance her leadership through a self-designed program. She is the president/CEO of GenerationArt, an organization located in her tribal community of Belcourt, which she established as part of her Bush Fellowship journey.  

As an Indigenous artist, writer, and tribal leader, Dr. Jollie-Trottier wanted to establish GenerationArt to provide a space to help mobilize tribal communities by strengthening cultural identity, resiliency, and leadership through expressive art. She also serves as a tribal research advisor and mentor, and is a member of the Tribal Nations Research Group, a non-profit organization. She serves as a representative of North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Council and contracts evaluation services for Special Education for tribal schools.  Dr. Jollie-Trottier is known nationwide for her workshops, trainings, and presentations in the field of psychology, art, and Indigenous issues. Dr. Jollie-Trottier is also known by her tribe as Misko Noodin Ikwe (Red Wind Woman) and Winter Bloom, Anishinaabe names given to her by native elders. She is responsible to live in accordance with gifts she carries in her names. Her husband, Ron Trottier Jr., is also a tribal member; and they have three children, Aiyana (16), Asher (9), and Autumn (7).

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