OKANAGAN NATION ALLIANCE Syilx Gathering Wisdom IX May 16, 2018 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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)
Gathering Wisdom IX May 16, 2018
“Reclaiming and Restoring Syilx ways of being and knowing
(worldview) through development of holistic Wellness programs and services grounded in a Syilx framework”
Syilx Wellness Framework Supporting our Children, Family and Community through our Syilx Ways
Health Child & Family Mental Wellness Early Years Syilx Teachings Community Engagement Practice Model Developments Quality Assurance Nation to Nation principle Advocacy Lobbying Syilx Rights - Children and Families Syilx Laws
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”
“The language belongs to each one of us: Give it life.”
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
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
“I feel loved when my mom holds my hand” Teigan Peterson, Gr 1
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
to find help, get healing, and find their gifts. Then they can come back home and share their gifts with their own people.”
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?”