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 Indigenous Communities as Allies: The Journey from Dis- Membered to Re- Membered Anne Jimmie & Caara Goddard
– ̓ akisq ̓ nuk - place of two lakes – near Canada Windermere, B.C. – ̓ aq ̓ am - deep dense woods - near Cranbrook, Ktunaxa B.C. – yaqan nukiy - where the rock stands - near Creston, B.C. United States – kyaknuq ⱡ i ̓ ’it- prairie on the hill - Shuswap Reserve, near Invermere, B.C. – yaq ̓ it ’aknuq ⱡ i ̓ ’it - tobacco prairie - near Grasmere, B.C.
Caara’s Family: Circa 2016
Theda Newbreast | Blackfoot Nation “Colonization dis- membered our culture, dis-membered our people, dis-membered our families. Our job is re-membering.”
Anne with her Anne, the year Anne’s father, mother, she went to Lucien Jimmy Christine Jimmy, residential (serving in 1948 school WWII)
St. Eugene’s Residential School Attended by Anne
Anne | Age 13 Sam Jimmy | Age 16
Anne with her mother & children in 1984
Yaqan Nukiy Pow-Wow |Left to Right| Christine Jimmy, Anne Jimmie & Lisa Jimmie
Christine Jimmy One of the founding Grandmothers that pushed for the start of Ktunaxa Kinbasket Child & Family Services
Sacred Family Circle Network meeting in August 2007 – |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
Anne in her buckskin regalia at a recent Pow-Wow in Yaqan Nukiy Never forget who you are and where you came from !
Working as Allies in Re- Membering
“Saving the Indian Children”
How do we facilitate the journey to re-membering? Work towards basic human needs: Autonomy, Competence and Connection How are you opening up the conversations and opportunities for families to have more autonomy in their lives, even when services are mandated?
Mom’s Genogram
Networks Bringing Hope and Connection
Mom’s Story | Picture of her Network
Building up Competence – 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?
Partnership through Respect & Humility
Re-membering the importance of Connection 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 own journey towards being strong Aboriginal peoples? How will that connection help increase their safety?
Adrienne & Kevin Presenting June 2017
Working with Mom – 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).
Working with Communities to co- create Children’s tools Night Runner and Sunrise Ti e 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: Ti e Ministry of Children and Family Development
Grandmothers & Allies “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
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)
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