The r eport document pr o vides gr e at er clarity and r ec ommendations The k e y issues ar e 1 Indian R esidential School No one t alks about f or giv eness when w e t alk about r esidential school R esidential school has been her e f or a long time no w It is time t o mo v e on 2 Se xual Abuse Whole f amily is abused Someone did some thing t o me that I c ant f or g e t I am le arning t o lo v e myself no w 3 Sub st anc e Abuse We see it but ho w do w e de al with it 4 P ar enting Skills In many of our f amilies t oday ther e s no p ar enting A lot of p ar ents hav e le t their kids do what e v er the y w ant and the kids ar e out lat e at night t o t alk with our childr en le t them kno w what s g oing onthat e v en if w e r e e xperiencing t urmoil It s not their f ault Childr en need t o kno w what s g oing on 8 R esour c es F unding Ho w do w e pr o vide pr ogr ams and ser vic es in a small c ommunity Ther e isnt v er y much mone y We dont hav e enough r esour c es t o c onfr ont the e v er y day challeng es le t alone a crisis lik e suicide I suppose the issues ar e the same no matt er what siz e the c ommunity is 9 Bullying P ar ents hav e mor e influenc e than peer s The y outh need t o st and up t o the peer pr essur e and the bullying Another w ay t o do this is t o educ at e the childr en in the school and f or the pr e v ention w ork er t o educ at e the p ar ents 10 Ment al He alth He did not list en t o the small v oic e t elling him that ther e s a gun in the close t The sickness the st at e of ment ality and emotions shut do wn Ther e ar e many ser vic es f or urb an people and no ser vic es f or the people in the r eser v es 11 Gay or T w oSpirit ed Community We ar e all human people e v en with dif er ent w ay of living Gay P eople Ac c epting these people and their choic e of ho w the y w ant t o liv e 12 F amily Violenc e The abuse and domestic abuse seems so o v er whelming He r e aliz ed ho w str ong his wif e w as He had put her and in e xtr eme sit uations and put up with him and she k ept her f amily in plac e but the childr en w er e imp act ed b y the abuse 13 Housing Many times w e w ould be homeless Our dependenc y on g o v ernment has t o chang e We ar e in a ne w er a We need t o t e ach our selv es no w My people dont hav e houses No one should hav e t o liv e in a shack t oday I built my o wn home I didnt w ant t o be a bur den on the b and Ther e w er e be tt er homes in the p ast We need t o chang e things t o mak e lif e be tt er f or our people 14 Educ ation I missed school bec ause of it It w as har d I didnt g e t any help fr om my b and Educ ation is the k e y t o impr o ving our liv es We need t o g e t them a be tt er lif e a be tt er educ ation It s import ant f or them t o g e t their tr aining and educ ation I w as pr e v ent ed fr om g e tting a higher educ ation I e v ent ually w ent b ack t o school on my o wn 11 5 Identity and C ultur e This issue w as mentioned in e v er y c ommunity As le ader s w e need t o k eep r eminding our y outh about the t e achings of lif e use the medicine wheel use the c er emonies The y hav e t o disc o v er who the y ar e The y hav e t o w ak e fr om their sleep 6 Lat er al Violenc e What s our plan of action f or t omorr o w f or when this c ommission c omes t o a close Our obst acle is w e c ant w ork t og e ther 7 Communic ation Communic ation is import ant t o childr en What e v er is g oing on in the f amily will af ect them That s why it s v er y import ant