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The Kanaka Maoli: Native Hawaiians and Their Testimony of Trauma and Resilience

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  5. National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, Vermont, USA

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McCubbin, L.D., Ishikawa, M.E., McCubbin, H.I. (2008). The Kanaka Maoli: Native Hawaiians and Their Testimony of Trauma and Resilience. In: Marsella, A.J., Johnson, J.L., Watson, P., Gryczynski, J. (eds) Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma. International and Cultural Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73285-5_9

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