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Cultural Sensitivity

Cultural Sensitivity. By Opolahsomuwehs (Imelda Perley) (November 25 th , 2011). Cultural Sensitivity.

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Cultural Sensitivity

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  1. Cultural Sensitivity By Opolahsomuwehs (Imelda Perley) (November 25th, 2011)

  2. Cultural Sensitivity A culturally sensitive person is one who is familiar with the values, beliefs, ideals and worldviews of a specific cultural group. The person may also reflect these values and worldviews in their actions, attitudes and thoughts.

  3. Culturally Sensitive Service Providers • Have awareness and appreciation of the culture that they are serving • Visible in the community that they are serving • Aware of cultural protocol dealing with Elders, ceremonies and community events • Learns the greetings in the community language

  4. Culturally SensitiveService Providers • Familiar with Elder Knowledge pertaining to traditional medicines and traditional healing practices • Familiar with community health issues and concerns • Understands and appreciates the values, beliefs, traditions and worldviews of the culture they are working with

  5. Journey into Cultural Sensitivity • Establish a relationship with community Elders • Participate in the cultural activities organized by the community • Make a genuine effort to integrate yourself into the community; social isolation leads to misunderstandings and misconceptions

  6. Cultural Sensitivityfor Aboriginal People • Speaker of their Ancestral language or committed to learning the language of his or her community • Reflects traditional values and worldviews in his or her actions, attitudes and way of knowing

  7. Cultural Sensitivity For Aboriginal People • Guided by Ancestral knowledge • Familiar with traditional healing practices • Participates and/or performs ceremonies • Familiar with the history, stories, songs and Elder knowledge

  8. Journey to Cultural Sensitivity • Seek Elder knowledge, their wisdom, their teachings • Learn their Ancestral language • Participate in Ceremonies and Traditions • Participate in community-based initiatives designed to revive, maintain and preserve language and culture

  9. Chief Dan George • Everyone likes to give as well as receive • No one wishes only to receive all the time We have taken much from your culture… • I wish that you had taken something from our culture… • For there were some beautiful and good things in it.

  10. Chief Dan George • Already many of our young people have forgotten the old ways • And many have been shamed of their Indian ways by scorn and ridicule • My culture is like a wounded deer that has crawled away into the forest to bleed and die alone

  11. Chief Dan George • The only thing that can truly help us is genuine love • You must truly love us, be patient with us and share with us • And we must love you-with a genuine love that forgives and forgets. (My Heart Soars. 1974 pg.41) ‘Ciw Oluwikoneyak Weckuwapasihtit

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