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Killing the Wittigo : Indigenous culture-based approaches to waking up, taking action, and doing the work of healing : a book for young adults

Methot, Suzanne, 1968- author, Methot, Suzanne, 1968- Legacy

2023

Overview

\"A powerful book that uses plain language to talk about colonial trauma and transformational change. History. Identity. Lateral Violence. Complex Trauma. Who are we and how are we seen? How do we learn what safety is when we've never experienced it? Killing the Wittigo talks about the effects of colonization and the healing work being done by young Indigenous people toward individual and systemic change, through song lyrics and first-person accounts of their own journeys of decolonization and healing. Sexual Abuse. Relationships. Kindness and Kinship. Are your relationships harmful or healthy? What do healthy families look like? Killing the Wittigo shatters the isolation and shame to talk about everything from managing triggers to what young people are asking of their parents and their leadership. Abandonment. Dis-Ease. Reconnection. Change. How do you turn distressing feelings into emotions that you can understand? How does making sense of your stories help you gain choice and control? From market capitalism and food security to community hubs and sustainable development goals, Killing the Wittigo has everything a young person needs to move from surviving to thriving. Killing the Wittigo offers: Reflection questions to anchor/reframe life experiences. Mindfulness activities to help readers center themselves in the present, develop self-awareness, and create new patterns of behaviour. Activities and exercises to support meaning making and change. Full of bold graphics, Killing the Wittigo is a much-needed resource for young Indigenous people and those who work in the helping professions.\" -- Back cover.

• Publisher: ECW Press
• Subject: Indigenous peoples Canada Social conditions. / Indigenous peoples Health and hygiene Canada. / Colonization Social aspects Canada. / Colonization Psychological aspects. / Psychic trauma Canada. / Generational trauma Canada. / Indigenous peoples Canada. / Colonies Canada. / Peuples autochtones Canada Conditions sociales. / Peuples autochtones Santé et hygiène Canada. / Colonisation Aspect social Canada. / Colonisation Aspect psychologique. / Traumatisme psychique Canada. / Traumatisme intergénérationnel Canada. / YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Mental Health. / SELF-HELP / Emotions. / YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / People & Places / Indigenous. / YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance. / Colonization Psychological aspects / Colonization Social aspects / Indigenous peoples Health and hygiene / Indigenous peoples Social conditions / Psychic trauma / Native peoples Juvenile literature. / Colonization Juvenile literature. / Abnormal psychology Juvenile literature. / Canada
• ISBN: 9781770417243, 1770417249

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
RA448.5.I5 M47 2023	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE