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The Wellbriety Movement comes to Native American Youth. The Medicine Wheel And the 12 Steps For Native youth. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS . Culturally based tools for changing individuals, families, communities and nations. White Bison’s Mission. One Hundred Native Communities in Healing By
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The Wellbriety Movementcomes to Native AmericanYouth The Medicine Wheel And the 12 Steps For Native youth © 2005 White Bison, Inc. www.whitebison.org
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS Culturally based tools for changing individuals, families, communities and nations © 2005 White Bison, Inc. www.whitebison.org
White Bison’s Mission One Hundred Native Communities in Healing By 2010 © 2005 White Bison, Inc. www.whitebison.org
Wellbriety Means • Sober lifestyles • Wellness—balance (mental, physical, spiritual, emotional) • Connected to principles, values, and Natural Laws • Walking the Red Road • You must create a Healing Forest
FIRESTARTERS… • An individual who…. • Is in recovery • Is walking the Red Road • Has worked the 12 Steps • Has made a 4 year commitment to lead Circles of Recovery in their own community
The Medicine wheeland the 12 Steps • 16 week program • Culturally based • Builds on youth’s strength • Facilitated by community members in recovery • Includes teachings on DVD’s, participant and facilitator workbooks and other materials • Utilizes mind mapping techniques and talking circle format
The Medicine Wheel and The 12 Steps Steps 10,11,12 Steps 7,8,9 Steps 1,2,3 Steps 4,5,6
Finding the Elders Wisdom Finding Your Relation-ships Finding the Creator Finding Yourself
Overview Of the Medicine Wheel And the 12 Steps
Coach coach Coach 3 day training for Facilitators MW12 Coaches
Coach coach Coach Peer to Peer coaching
Spouses Family Recovery Medicine Wheel 12 Men Men in Recovery Women In Recovery Medicine Wheel 12 Women Family of Tradition Daughters\ Healing Sons in Healing MW 12 Youth Fathers Of Tradition Mothers Of Tradition