Wednesday, January 27, 2021

It's Time to Get Registered!

 

The Wellbriety Movement:
Cultural Approaches to Treatment and 
Healing of Native Clients
Wed. Feb. 24th
 12pm - 1pm  MT
Cost: Free
1  CEU Offered
Overview:

Mr. Coyhis will introduce the concept of Wellbriety as balance and connection to the natural laws that create healing within the native community. He will present concepts of the current impacts of Intergenerational Trauma. A combination of immense losses and traumatic events that have perpetrated an entire culture need healing as natives across the nation are encouraged to seek to reinstate cultural ways, language and sacred traditions. The unfortunate consequences of trauma include not believing you have a future, difficulties within families and a distrust of the outside world. Mr. Coyhis will describe how we can be more effective in recovery and prevention strategies by integrating cultural knowledge. Healing will take place through application of cultural and spiritual knowledge.
In this presentation we will talk about:
  1. Understanding Intergenerational Trauma - Government Run Boarding Schools
  2. Integrating Cultural Knowledge
  3. The power of Ceremony and Plant Medicines

Presenter:
Don Coyhis
President
White Bison, Inc.
Don Coyhis, Mohican Nation currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is the President of White Bison, Inc., an American Indian 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to creating and sustaining a grassroots Wellbriety Movement that provides culturally based healing to the next seven generations of Indigenous People. Through the leadership of White Bison, the Wellbriety Movement has taken a prominent role in the recovery of many Native Americans and their communities. Don has published many Wellbriety books and resources. For over 30 years, Don has been called upon to provide technical assistance by national policy organizations such as the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, SAMHSA, and other national recovery organizations to develop culturally-based prevention and recovery programs for Indigenous communities. He has also received many prestigious awards, including the 2009 Purpose Prize.

Learn More About White Bison, Inc HERE!
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