INDIGENOUS EDUCATION · TRAUMA-RESPONSIVE PRACTICE
​Healing-centered consulting for Native communities and neuroaffirming classrooms.
Dr. Martina Whelshula bridges Indigenous worldviews with the neurobiology of trauma — guiding schools, tribes, and agencies to move beyond punitive discipline and into culturally grounded, brain-aware care.
30+
Years in Indigenous education
P–20
Curriculum & policy reach
National
iAward
recipient
Dr. Martina Whelshula, PhD
ARROW LAKES NATION · COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES
WHAT WINDSONG OFFERS
Three pathways to healing-centered change
​Designed for tribes, schools, behavioral-health agencies, and neurodivergent learners — every engagement is rooted in cultural integrity and current brain science.
“Behavior is communication. When we understand the brain that has lived through trauma — and the culture that holds it — we stop punishing children for surviving.”
​— DR. MARTINA WHELSHULA
MEET DR. WHELSHULA
A nationally recognized voice for Native education and healing.
​Member of the Arrow Lakes Nation of the Colville Confederated Tribes. PhD in Traditional Knowledge from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Principal Investigator on federally funded research with Harvard Medical School's Division on Addiction.
Former Executive Director of the Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations and President of Spokane Tribal College, Dr. Whelshula's work spans policy, curriculum design, and culturally grounded intervention strategies for students P–20.