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Finding your Path

Summary

Finding your Path is a young men's gathering curriculum that guides an intensive 2-day training that teaches cultural lessons of men's role and responsibility, consequences and decision making, earth/mother connection, communication skill, and spirituality as defined in the Tribal customs of the area.

Finding your Path is a young men's gathering curriculum which guides intensive, two-day trainings that provide cultural education about spirit. The program teaches cultural lessons about men's roles and responsibilities, consequences and decision making, earth/mother connection, communication skills, and spirituality (as defined in the Tribal customs of the area).
Contact
Monty Williams, Executive Director
Details
Tribally created
  • Child
  • Tribe
  • Child perceived as problem by parents
  • Child temperament or behavior
  • Exposure to conflict or violence (family or otherwise)
  • History of child abuse and neglect/Use of corporal punishment
  • Low self esteem
  • Mental health problems
  • Social isolation
  • Substance abuse
  • Involvement in positive activities
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Relational skills
  • Self-efficacy
  • Self-regulation skills
  • Social and emotional competence
  • Balance
  • Community involvement/participation/contribution
  • Connecting with cultural resources
  • Connection to land, access to cultural sites
  • Cultural community gatherings
  • Cultural teachings
  • Education
  • Expressing Native identity
  • Family commitment, safe and healthy relationships
  • Healthy lifestyles/activities
  • Increasing coping skills
  • Life cycle events/traditional activities/practices
  • Personal capacities
  • Physical health/fitness
  • Spiritual practice/knowledge/ceremony
  • Spiritual values/well-being
  • Support (family, friends, community)/interdependence
  • Traditional healing practices
  • Wairua (spirit)
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