Tribal Communities Facing History & Creating Healing

Karyn Kameroff | Program Coordinator Pathways to Healing
Tanna Engdahl | Cowlitz Tribe Spiritual Leader
Mercedes White Calf | SW WA Advocacy Coordinator
Teresa Montana | Executive Director Wisdom of the Elders, Inc.

"Tribal Communities Facing History & Creating Healing"

"Comunidades tribales enfrentando la historia y creando sanación"

• "Tribal Communities Facing History & Creating Healing"

  The November 19th event, Tribal Communities: Facing History and Creating Healing, will cover history and current issues through the lens of indigenous communities and important resources for schools, employers, and others who want to support healing approaches through local engagement and policy change.

• Call To Action

  • Employers: consider adjusting hiring practices for formerly-incarcerated community member
  • Encourage schools to use the “Since Time Immemorial” curriculum
  • Learn more about MMIW and Boarding Schools; Support restorative justice for families
  • Commit to allying and partnering with Native communities & organizations

• Follow Up Materials

  • Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)

  – Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. McDiarmid, Jessica (2019). New York, New York. Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
  – Documentary. The Search: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women-Fault Lines (2019)
  – Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
  – MMIW USA Website
  – Savannah’s Act
  – Study on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Highlights and Challenges (2018) from Non-Profit Quarterly

  • Boarding Schools/Cultural Genocide

  – Boarding School History
  – November 2021 News Story on Boarding Schools
  – Disproportionality of Native American/Alaskan Native Children in Foster Care

  • Land Back Movement

  – Hesapa, A Land Back Film
  – Land Back Movement Website

  • Data & Research on Disparities for Native Communities

  – Decolonizing Data Webinar – Seattle Urban Indian Health Board/Urban Indian Health Institute 2019
  – Native Americans and Indian Health Services article on heath disparities
  – Article on health disparity crisis in Native American populations
  – Disproportionality of Native American/Alaskan Natives incarcerated

  • Other Resources

  – Ally Bill of Responsibilities
  – Documentary. Gather
  – Gather Documentary website