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What would help you better connect to culture and identity as an Nlaka'pamux / Cook's Ferry member?

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What would help you better connect to culture and identity as an Nlaka'pamux / Cook's Ferry member?

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How can Cook's Ferry support with Nlaka'pamux language revitalization?

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How can Cook's Ferry support with Nlaka'pamux language revitalization?

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What is needed to support individuals and families with wellness?

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What is needed to support individuals and families with wellness?

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What would you like to see protected for cultural heritage? (i.e., land, water, practices, stewardship, etc.) 

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What would you like to see protected for cultural heritage? (i.e., land, water, practices, stewardship, etc.) 

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Revitalize Cultural Practices including protocols throughout the lifecycle, community laws, and traditional practices on the land.

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Identify how we can support members who were raised away from community, adopted, or other.

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Returning to family and community systems that promoted healthy families and Nlaka'pamux values.

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Invest in language infrastructure throughout Cook's Ferry such as signage, safe spaces to learn, and place for immersion camps.

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Develop language resources such as:

App with voice recordings

Games with incentives to use app

Flashcards

Visual resources

Videos

Music

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Develop programs such as:

land-based learning programs

youth-specific programs

Online courses

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Land-Based learning model that teaches:

traditional medicines

traditional foods

food sovereignty

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Support for treating addictions and trauma including:

Homecare plans model

Community teams for check-ins

Training for members

Support network

Family support such as family meetings (virtual)

Aftercare support

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Increase access to health providers such as:

nutrition

massage

physiotherapy

mobile wellness services

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Identify and create space for artifacts:

create space that meets requirements to house artifacts from museums

maintain family heirlooms

Story walls

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Limit access to certain parts of the territory:

partnerships with the province

limit expansion and resource extraction

cultural burning

forest stewardship

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Focus efforts on repatriation of ancestors and artifacts from museums, flooding of grave sites, etc.

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Build Cultural Centre that will:

house artifacts

be used as an education tool for others

merge culture and tourism

be a physical space to gather and learn the culture and language

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Protect the water and salmon

dipnet fishing workshops

Salmon forum

Stream Keepers

habitat assessments

water quality testing

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We need more programs and supports in place for women and girls

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You know, for language, there have been some really cool Indie Developers that can create video games about heritages and such and so I bet a game could be made that helps to teach the language while interacting with a background/story that is from the area!

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arts programs are incredible for community relationships, mental health, breaking barriers, learning about the earth, land and more. I have personally seen it happen at the Cooks Ferry Band office!

I would love to see more Cooks Ferry Band art classes that feature the land and its people 🤗

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living off reserve, I have learnt about my heritage through the love of the land.

I have an obsession with foraging and learning about multiple types of plants, fungus, trees and such while I am outside!

I combine that with my love for art and trying to get every detail I can and it's a happy space for my brain!

Being able to apply what you've seen and putting it into something physical is really powerful!

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Find acceptance, calm, and share art with other people. Arts can help others find their own happy space.

applies to all four pillars

language could be applied into a piece of art work

finding your heritage from the land

helping individuals with their mental health and wellness

teaching art classes in-person (tech can be a barrier) hosting the classes in different places so that it is accessible

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if everyone had an Nlaka'pamux name, it would bring us closer to our heritage, ancestors, land and each other

always encouraging to hear others share their ancestral and traditional names

lots of members who do not have names

supportive of youth to engage with their heritage

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Understand what the protocols and cultural practices are, knowing where to get them from and learning what they are.

make available to Band members through workshops, resources, etc. to help connecting members

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create/print more field guides

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might be a barrier because there's lots of grants for language - need to confirm what the funding can be used for

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Collaboration with google translate

work with google for translations

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would love to know how to:

tan deer hide

make moccasins

someone could make a video, about Cook's Ferry traditions and culture, it would always be there and young ones and new members could watch it. Take advantage of Elders that could tell stories now.

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so many different versions of 'what is a Cook's Ferry artist' everyone does things in a different way

learn from members' experiences

If you are doing things in your own way, and you're a Cook's Ferry member, you are a Cook's Ferry artist

important to bring Cook's Ferry artists back to teach and share their experiences, teachings, practices

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costs of living has increased and things cost a lot more now

$500 needs to be increased

gym membership is really helpful

daycare assistance for families would be supportive as there's no current supports depending on salary range

chiropractor, massage therapy, etc.

fitness watches, etc.

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travelling to other communities

sharing traditions, healing and wellness ideas

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Lengthy hunting, fishing, cultural learning , make these camps a month long or more . Not just a weekend

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programs for Elders to get into a home

sometimes Elders just want someone to talk to, develop a phone line for them to call someone if family is not available

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I'd love to show my kids the ice caves I was once brought to as a child

sacred site

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We need to create a long term business for the band that creat long term funding for community

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uanita Mirehouse:1) Accomplishing individual and community wellness

2) Reviving cultural strength, knowledge and skills (please see my cultural Reflections page of my website that would not have been made possible without funding. It demonstrates what kind of outcomes are possible due to funding opportunities).

3) Helping overcome geographical and economical barriers (zoom opportunities and possibly myself or other arts teachers running acting,singing/drumming workshops on and off reserve for band members )

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4) Increasing social connections to help foster community engagement.

My arts website is below as an example that demonstrates what kind of Arts learning and outcomes are possible!. It also includes Language revitalization as I have discussed previously.

www.nitaperformer.com

Please see below email for the ideas I am passionate to share! I wish I could attend

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lost structure of family heads

knowing who we are as families / genealogy / family lines

families generally have a format of a family tree that is being kept

build a strong community through identity

there's a place and purpose for everybody - that model spoke to that back in the day

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getting back to cultural responsibility within families could build stronger community