1. GREETINGS AND THANKs TO EACH OTHER AS PEOPLE AND TO ALL OUR RELATIONS

2. TO THE EARTH Mother of all greetings and thanks To all the waters WATERFALLS & RAIN RIVERS & OCEANS Greetings & thanks

3. To all the FISH LIFE Greetings & thanks The grains and greens BEANS & BERRIES As one we send thanks To FOOD PLANTS

4. MEDICINE HERBS Of the world And their keepers GREETINGS & THANKS TO ALL ANIMALS & their teachings Greetings & thanks

5. THE TREES For shelter & shade Fruit & beauty Greetings & thanks TO ALL BIRDS Large and small Joyful greetings & thanks

6. And from the four directions THE FOUR WINDS Thank you for purifying the air We breathe and giving us strength GREETINGS THE THUNDERERS Our grandfathers in the sky We hear your voices Greetings & thanks

7. And now THE SUN For the light of a new day And all the fires of life GREETINGS & THANKS

8. To our oldest grandmother THE MOON Leader of women All over the world AND THE STARS For their mystery, beauty & guidance GREETINGS & THANKS

9. TO OUR TEACHERS From all times Reminding us of how To live in harmony GREETINGS & THANKS

10. AND FOR ALL The gifts of creation For all the love around us GREETINGS & THANKS

11. And for that Which is forgotten WE REMEBER WE END OUR WORDS NOW OUR MINDS ARE ONE

12. Colonialism The establishment, exploitation, maintenance,
acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people of another territory. It is a set of unequal relationships between the colonial power and the colony and often between the colonists and the indigenous population.

13. TWO MINDS TWO WORLDVIEWS
Two eyed seeing
TWO MINDS TWO WORLDVIEWS

14. Worldview THE WAY WE MAKE SENSE OF OURSELVES AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF CREATION AND THE CREATOR

15. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.
A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.

16. GASWENTHA /TWO ROW WAMPUM

17. As long as the sun shall shine,
The rivers shall flow and
The grass shall grow,
This shall be everlasting.

18. The River Of Life
Good Mind- requires that we work towards common interests and not focus on differences
But respect our differences.

19. Peace- requires good communication from good mind and speaks to establishing and maintaining balanced relations(hips).
This is friendship based on respect for each others worldview.

20. Strength- comes from these actions and results in friendship/ balanced relationships.
Peace = friendship, respect, balance, equality

21. A RELATIONSHIP OF BROTHERS AND NOT OF FATHER AND BROTHERS .
A RELATIONSHIP OF EQUALS

23. TWO PERSONALITIES LEFT BRAIN RIGHT BRAIN Linear Reductionistic Logical
Rational
Analytical
Objective
Sequential
Holistic
Interconnected
Synthesizing
Intuitive
Subjective
Random

24. EACH MAN IS GOOD If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans and my heart he put other different desires. Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to become crows. Sitting Bull, 1876

27. TWO EYED SEEING
Etuaptmumk is the Mi’Kmaw word for Two Eyed Seeing, a contribution of Mi’Kmaw Elder Albert Marshall. It refers to learning to see from one eye with the strenghs of First Nations knowledge’s and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge’s and ways of knowing, and learning to use both these eyes together, for the benefit of all. It is the gift of multiple perspectives treasured by many First Nations people.

28. SPONTANEOUS EVOLUTION
“Only the seemingly impossible reconciliation of these misperceived opposites can create the emergent human that spirtual teachers tell us is our destiny” Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman p. 126.

29. BLACK ELKS VISION
Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw, for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shape of all things in the spirit , and the shape of all shapes as they must live together as one being. And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the centre grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy.
Ogala Sioux Healer Black Elk Circa 1870’s

30. Mental health/wellness
FROM A FIRST NATIONS
WORLDVIEW

31. First Nations healing brings us to “think intuitively, to think with the heart, to think circles, to understand and utilize dreams, metaphor and symbols” Dr. Joe Couture

34. FIRST NATIONS MENTAL WELLNESS
Concepts and beliefs
Similarities within colonizer mental health
The core of human existence is spirit
Based on holistic worldview symbolized by the circle
Everything is connected and interconnected
Everything is equal
Increased participation of spiritual care providers
Systems theory, ecological family therapy, social determinants of health
Dr. Rudolf Driekurs Equality

35. FIRST NATIONS MENTAL WELLNESS
Balance=Wellness or restoring balance
Focus on relationships relational healing
Collectivism/ community healing
Where do I come from? Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?
Family therapy Restorative justice
Network therapy Wrap around therapy
Multi cultural identity development.

36. FIRST NATIONS MENTAL WELLNESS
Mental wellness focus
Strengths focus
Person seeking healing has the capacity to find solutions from within their realm of experience
Shift to Mental Health
Life skills training, CBT
Person centered therapy or Rogerian therapy

37. FIRST NATIONS MENTAL WELLNESS
The healer/therapist is an intermediary in the healing process between Creator and the person seeking healing
Dream world teachings
Healing is a life long journey
Freud’s dream analysis
Recovery principle

38. FIRST NATIONS MENTAL WELLNESS
Living, Loving and Laughing/ Story telling
Unconditional love
Ceremonies Meditative States
Healing from Mother Earth
Unconditional Positive Regard/ Acceptance Carl Rogers
Neuro Feedback Training

39. Those wishing to assist First Nations people in our healing journeys must develop a working knowledge of First Nations healing worldviews.
Cultural Safety
Cultural Competence

40. First Nations Cultural Competence Programs/ Resources
Indigenous Cultural Competence on line training and Indigenous Mental Health program Provincial Health Services Authority in BC
Trauma Informed Relationship Building and Trust Course to reflect First Nations resources and learning needs. St. Elizabeth Health Care First Nations Inuit and Metis Program
Decolonizing Trauma Work Renee Linklater
Indigenous Healing Rupert Ross