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Working in Indigenous Communities as Allies Kt Ktunaxa Ki Kinbasket Child and Family y Servi vices Ca Caara God oddard (Signs of Safety Trainer and Consultant) An Anne Ji Jimmi mmie (Aboriginal Elder, KKCFS Board Member) Working in
Ca Caara God
(Signs of Safety Trainer and Consultant) An Anne Ji Jimmi mmie (Aboriginal Elder, KKCFS Board Member) Kt Ktunaxa Ki Kinbasket Child and Family y Servi vices
Working in Indigenous Communities as Allies: The Journey from Dis- Membered to Re- Membered
Anne Jimmie & Caara Goddard
– ̓akisq̓nuk - place of two lakes – near Windermere, B.C. – ̓aq̓am - deep dense woods - near Cranbrook, B.C. – yaqan nukiy - where the rock stands - near Creston, B.C. – kyaknuqⱡi̓’it- prairie on the hill - Shuswap Reserve, near Invermere, B.C. – yaq̓it ’aknuqⱡi̓’it - tobacco prairie - near Grasmere, B.C.
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Anne with her mother, Christine Jimmy, 1948 Anne, the year she went to residential school Anne’s father, Lucien Jimmy (serving in WWII)
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– |Top row – left to right | Anne (paternal grandma), maternal grandma, paternal great grandma – |Bottom row – left to right | maternal great grandpa, dad, mom and baby and maternal great grandma
Work towards basic human needs:
How are you opening up the conversations and
their lives, even when services are mandated?
– How do we recognize when we are operating out of our dominant worldview and shift to allow more space for Indigenous ways of knowing and being? – How do you create the space for supporting these resilient peoples to reclaim their competence and regain that sense of empowerment? – How do they define safety in their community? – Tell me what is a “safe child” look like in your community? – Who takes care of the spirits of the children who have been taken from your community as well as those who have been returned and are still so very lost?
Relationships to each other, to the land and to Spirit Relationships are key in Aboriginal ways of knowing and doing – nothing exists outside of relationships Who/what are your connections? What is your clan name? Your traditional name? your lineage? What was your family known for? How do you want to explain your connections to your people, the land etc that will be important for your children moving forward in their
How will that connection help increase their safety?
– 5 things missing from your life that keep you up at night – reason for a network (connection) – 5 gifts/strengths that you have – network will remind you of this (competence) – 3 things that creator brought you here to achieve – Network will support you to do this (purpose and autonomy).
Night Runner and Sunrise
Tie Ktunaxa Story to explain “safe touch” , private parts and “not okay secrets” .
Story by: Jason Louie Interactive Section by: Caara Goddard Illustrations by: Marisa Phillips Funded by: Tie Ministry of Children and Family Development “In the dark and silence of where this colour and language fade, don’t paint your ally flag in white tears. I don’t want you to apologize in English or Canadian-French. I want you to open your eyes, open your ears and tell me, that I breathe fire.” Mitcholos Touchie
Ca Caara God
(Signs of Safety Trainer and Consultant) An Anne Ji Jimmi mmie (Aboriginal Elder, KKCFS Board Member) Kt Ktunaxa Ki Kinbasket Child and Family y Servi vices