15 He alth We had a str ong c onnection t o the Cr e at or when w e liv ed of the land This is what pr o vided b alanc e in our liv es I w as r aised on the land I int end t o g o b ack t o the land We gr e w up on the land That w as a g ood lif e We need t o g o b ack t o the land We g e t be tt er when w e g o out on the land Some times when y ou w alk in the bush y ou f eel lik e someone is f ollo wing y ou It s y our spirit w anting t o g o b ack t o y our body We le arned on the land We liv ed in fr eedom On the land my f ather w as a t ot ally dif er ent per son Ther e ar e a lot of people being pulled out on the land the land is who w e ar e We need t o g o b ack t o the land the t e achings of the land As a c ommunity w e v e f or g ott en our c onnection t o the land The landb ased pr ogr am is g ood it instills a sense of pride We need t o r ec onnect them t o the land giv e them a sense of who the y ar e Ther e is a deep disc onnection fr om the land and this af ects our identity A trip on the land he als y ou We need t o someho w b alanc e modern living with the tr aditional lif estyle in harmony with the land our c onnections with our land and animals w e need t o r eclaim them As a people w e need t o g o b ack and r ec onnect our selv es with our land When Im out on the land the w eight is lif ed 16 Unr esolv ed Grie f I saw that w e w er e lacking the r esour c es t o help people c ope with grief I saw that w e needed a support gr oup Im glad w e hav e grief r ec o v er y pr ogr ams I f elt the p ain and grief w ash o v er me and I didnt kno w what t o do Im still c arr ying my grief She didnt kno w what grief w as she didnt kno w ho w t o g e t help Our fr ont line w ork er s need t o be debrief ed t o help them r ele ase their grief We c ant e xpect people t o just le t g o of their grief We hav e t o g o thr ough the grie ving pr oc ess IMPLEMENT A TION PROCES S R ec ommendations under the le ad r esponsibility of e ach c ommunity c an only be implement ed b y the c ommunities and their y outh We invit e e ach c ommunity t o de v elop an implement ation pr oc ess Our people c ontinue t o liv e in thir d w orld c onditions the go v ernment of Canada c ontinues t o impose unilat er al decisions and legislation that violat es our T r eaties supr eme c ourt decisions in f av our of T r eaty Rights c ontinue t o be ignor ed the Unit ed Nations c ontinue t o issue r eports and declar ations on the rights and tr eatment of the Indigenous peoples in Canada the Prime Minist er of Canada making major ec onomic business agr eements that inv olv e our homelands with other c ountries and w e hav e had enough our people and our Chiefs ar e being f or c ed t o t ak e r eal action no w 12