Searching for Traditional Indigenous Healing

• Promotes the development of good mental health and provides services for individuals with mental health issues
• Provides the services of mental health workers who work with community members as needed

• Addictions
• Depression
• Family violence
• Stress management

• Counselling services
• Cultural activities and ceremonies
• Group workshops
• Educational sessions that promote wellness
• Coordination and referrals to psychologist, psychiatrist, other counselling services and treatment centres
• Coordination of aftercare services

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, substance use and gambling issues
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence
• Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres
• Offers Aboriginal culture-based healing, illness prevention, and crisis intervention workshops
• Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
• Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Problematic alcohol and substance use prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

• Implements the Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy to reduce family violence and promote healthy lifestyles and culture-based programming and healing
• Facilitates group talking circles
• Offers individual peer counselling
• Provides referrals to needed community supports and services

Provides education and awareness of health issues that affect the Indigenous population and establishes linkages and working relationships on behalf of Indigenous individuals who require advocacy, support and referral services

Services for Individuals and Families

Assists Indigenous families in accessing traditional healers and midwives; acts as a support liaison for Indigenous individuals and families and promotes Indigenous-based family healing

• Ensures Indigenous individuals understand the present health care system
• Promotes healthy lifestyles through education and awareness
• Provides access to cultural activities, Indigenous resources and language interpreters, if necessary

Health Systems

• Establishes working relationships with mainstream health services and institutions to facilitate increased Indigenous sensitivity and awareness
• Establishes working relationships between health care systems, the Indigenous community and agencies to promote holistic health

• Domestic violence
• Relationship issues
• Child abuse
• Suicide prevention
• Drug and alcohol addiction

• Cultural teachings
• Naming ceremonies
• Sweat lodge ceremonies

• Provides programs and services to address family violence and strategies to stop it
• Offers programs to promote healthy individuals, families and communities

• Operates as the authority responsible for planning related to community, regional, secondary and tertiary health services needed to implement the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy AHWS
• Coordinates and implements training requirements for Community Wellness workers

• Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children (AHB/HC)
• Community Development Support Worker Program (CDSW)
• Community Wellness Worker Program (CWW)

• Promotes healthy lifestyles through culturally based programs and healing
• Addresses and aims to reduce family violence

• Provides assistance for individuals to identify areas of concern and to develop action plans to address concerns
• Liaises and networks with related health and social agencies and provides referrals
• Provides crisis intervention education and workshops
• Offers illness prevention and wellness planning, information and education
• Provides community outreach education to promote cultural awareness

• Provides training, counselling and programming in the areas of mental health and addictions in the communities served
• Can also provide one-on-one counselling, individual case management, client assessments and internal or external referral options

• Anger management
• Co-dependency
• Communication skills
• Coping skills development
• Coping with dysfunctional settings (family, work, and community)
• Cultural teachings including healing circles, ceremonies, medicine and traditional healing alternatives
• Domestic violence
• Healthy lifestyles
• Healthy nutrition and physical activity
• Loss and grief
• Residential school trauma

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence
• Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres
• Offers Indigenous culture-based healing, self-help processes for anger management, and positive self-image development; alternative discipline methods and positive relationships
• Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
• Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Problematic alcohol and subtance use prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

• Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol and drug use and gambling addictions
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Provides culturally appropriate mental health services, support services, resources, educational materials, and workshops to address community wellness needs
• Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence and mental health crises
• Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres and other needed supports
• Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
• Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with addictions and family-based violence awareness

• Provides a residential facility for up to 8 youth
• Offers a 3-month treatment program for youth who are dependent on substances and have behavioural problems
• Provides support to families, parents and communities during intake and aftercare

• Clinical treatment and counselling during addictions recovery
• Coping and life skills teachings
• Counselling for emotional and behavioural issues
• Cultural land-based activities
• Survival skills and ancient lifestyle perspectives from traditional instructors and Elders

• Problematic alcohol use
• Problematic substance use
• Solvents/gas/inhalants

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Problematic alcohol and substance use prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

• Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence
• Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres
• Offers Aboriginal culture-based healing, illness prevention, and crisis intervention workshops
• Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
• Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness

• Depression
• Family violence
• Stress management

• Counselling services
• Cultural activities and crafts
• Recreational activities
• Wellness activities

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
• Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care

• Activities that revitalize Native language
• Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
• Community events such as feasts
• Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
• Referrals to other programs and services
• School programs
• Traditional land-based healing events

• Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence
• Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
• Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres
• Offers Aboriginal culture-based healing, illness prevention, and crisis intervention workshops
• Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
• Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol and drug use and gambling misuse
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
• Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request

• Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol and substance use and gambling issues
• Holds educational sessions in schools
• Coordinates cultural and spiritual events

• Facilitates recreational activities and social events
• Provides individual and group discussions
• Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings

• Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
• Regular phone calls and home visits
• Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance

• Administers services for Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services, a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Kenora
• Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families

• With immediate or extended family members in the community
• With other community members
• With extended family outside the community
• With a family in another Native community
• With a non-Aboriginal family as a last consideration

• Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
• Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families
• Hosts community forums to address issues such as problematic substance use in youth, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
• Organizes elders meetings that address traditional child rearing methods
• Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
• Provides referrals to other programs and supports