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Prevention and Discussion

Circle ThroughQuilt-making

Carrie Martincarrie.nwsm@gmail.com

Pascale C. Annoualartracines@bellnet.ca

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Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal

Established in 1987

Only shelter of its kind in Montreal

Services (traditional and mainstream)

Holistic Health Project (formerly the Harm Reduction Project)

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Clientele of the NWSM

Various issues: homelessness; conjugal violence; addictions; PTSD; medical issues; culture shock; racism; youth protection; etc.

Discrimination: culture; financial situation; gender; language; beliefs; sexual orientation; negative public attitudes; etc.

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Culturally Appropriate Service Delivery Model

Traditional meeting medical

Physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing (integrated and holistic approach)

Medicines and ceremonies

Emphasis is placed on healing from the effects of residential school and intergenerational trauma

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• Integrated care: art, culture, & critical thinking

• Empowerment: – doing something meaningful– recognition of lived

experience– collective solidarity

• Holistic: – all senses, remembering, – storytelling, trusting ,

sharing, healing– hoping, preventing,

dreaming

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What is a

prayer

bundle?

www.beadedprayersproject.com

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• Steps to create a wish/prayer bundle.

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