Michael Yellow Bird
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | University Professor |
| Location | Arcata, California, United States |
| Introduction | Dr. Michael Yellow Bird (Ph.D. Wisconsin) is citizen of the Sahnish (Arikara) and Hidatsa Nations. He is a Professor of Social Work and the director of Graduate Education in the Department of Social Work at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California (http://www.humboldt.edu)/~swp/index.html). |
| Interests | Meditation, Mindfulness, Indigenous contemplative practices, quantitative research, collaborations between Buddhism and Neuroscience, Paleo Diet and Indigenous Peoples' Health, Critical and Intuitive thinking, Health, War and Peace, Juvenile justice, Global public health, Oral histories of Native American Vietnam combat veteran’s, Effects of colonialism and methods of decolonization. |
| Favorite movies | The Fog of War, Platoon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Godfather, Apocalyse Now, Hotel Rwanda, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful), Little Miss Sunshine |
| Favorite music | Jazz, Saxophone, Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Gene Ammons, Joshua Redman, and Willard Yellow Bird |
| Favorite books | The China Study,The Paleo Answer, The Paleo Diet, A Primate's Memoir, Against the Stream, Uncommon Genius, The Art of War, War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning |