Traditional Land Based Program

Restoring families, strengthening parents, and restoring balance to community,

will provide children with stability, permanency of relationships and cultural

connections, and with a strong positive sense of who they are; a child’s

connection and relationship with family and culture contributes significantly to

his/her emotional well-being as a child, and later, as an adult.

Reclaiming the cultural practices and traditional teachings as a way of life

represents hope for families that are struggling with addictions, family violence

and family disintegration, child neglect and abuse, gangs, and poverty; it is our

responsibility, as indigenous and First Nations peoples, to find ways to bring our

youth, our children, our families, back.

Traditional land-based programs include Four-Season Camps and Family Camps. 

Traditional ceremonies include Full Moon Ceremonies, Sweat Lodge, Naming Ceremony, Medicine Picking, Sundance, Ghost Dance, Warrior Dance, Winter Solstice, New Year’s Eve Memorial Round Dance, and Wiindigo Ceremony.