OKANAGAN NATION ALLIANCE Syilx Gathering Wisdom IX May 16, 2018
The ONA Chiefs Executive Council and Wellness Committee articulated a vision for Wellness services: “ Reclaiming and Restoring Syilx ways of being and knowing (worldview) through development of holistic Wellness programs and services grounded in a Syilx framework” • Create a culture of learning and build capacity • Centre Syilx Culture • Based on Community Voices
ksa?x w ip k’l tmx w ula?x w It has root ties to the Land Syilx Wellness Framework Supporting our Children, Family and Community through our Syilx Ways
Our ways: grounded in captikwl
Community Driven Process: Gathering the Pieces: •Community plans •ONA Wellness Committee •Elders, Youth & Children Projects •Community based research •Nationwide Forums •Syilx Knowledge sessions •Community Visits – 1 to 1 •Questionnaires/Surveys
Nation Based Plans – Finding Common Ground and Clarifying Nation based strategies developed and centered within captikwl, language and community voices, • Quality Assurance Model • Health Plan • Mental Wellness Plan • Child & Family Plan • Traditional Wellness Strategy • Early Years Strategy Developing : Elder Care & Cancer Care Strategies
Services Practice Jurisdiction Nation to Nation Health Syilx Teachings principle Child & Family Community Advocacy Engagement Lobbying Mental Wellness Practice Model Developments Syilx Rights - Early Years Children and Families Quality Assurance Syilx Laws
Nsyilxcen “The language belongs to each one of us: Give it life.” Understanding the layers in the words and the roles and responsibilities attached to those: Family Family decision making Kinship roles Syilx child development chart Community Nation “Use words which have land and community knowledge thousands of years old” Dr. Jeannette Armstrong
Elders Wisdom That old man every evening he would sing us a song and he sat us on his lap and he always touched our hair. He would make sounds. We don’t do that any more. That is grandparents teaching. Just like saying that you are close to me you are a part of me your heart is my heart and you are me. I was young when I went there and he went qws qws qws . It was tenderness and love. Twi Joey Pierre, Penticton Indian Band elder
Bringing the Children’s Voice “I feel loved when my mom holds my hand” Teigan Peterson, Gr 1
Utilizing Captikwl Chipmunk and Owl Woman “The chipmunk granddaughter was vulnerable when she was off on her own. Just as our kids and youth are vulnerable.” “Things happen and they change you.” “ Grandmothers can put the heart back in.”
Lazy Boy and Grizzly Bear “Sometimes it may not be your family that teaches you.” “The word ‘abandoned’ might not be the right word. There is a time in a young person’s life when the child has to be able to change to become a man. Either he can live and become a man or he will remain how he is. “ The over-all concept is like today when families give up on addicted members or those with negative behaviors. They go to treatment or leave the community to find help, get healing, and find their gifts. Then they can come back home and share their gifts with their own people.”
Implementing Okanagan Nation Response Team Health Advocate R’Native Voice / Kwu Xast Elders Wellness Coordinator Youth Wellness Coordination Syilx Early Years Family Decision Making You, Empowered Strong Stories Forums, Elder & Youth Gatherings, Elders Retreats, Youth Leadership, Unity Run, Early Years Gathering
“Senklip, coming back. He will ask , did you teach your kids how to look after the land?” - Syilx Nation Member
i? citx w tet: Our House
For the People: Spirit of the Syilx Unity Run May 10-13, 2018 Syilx People celebrated our 10 th Year of hosting the Unity Run
For More Information Jennifer Lewis Wellness Manager Wellness.manager@syilx.org C: 250-826-7844 Pauline Terbasket Executive Director Director@syilx.org Toll Free 1.866.662.9609 www.syilx.org
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