Your Spirit is Your Voice

Ralph Johnson (Survivor)*Culture has answers for us – apology is healing in action. Walter Lyon – Survivors Toolkit – “Abandonment”

August 20, 2009

Roy Morris (Survivor)* Talks about Culture, Language and Land final. Segment to his story. Ophelia Kamenawatemin – Survivors Toolkit – “Acceptance”

Bobby Baxter (Survivor)*The sweat lodge and finding his way home through culture. “There are no bad people, just bad choices” Lyn Manitowabi – Survivors Toolkit – “Relapse”

Ogicidaakwe Diane Kelly (Intergen) *Talks about her father, growing up, the pope’s apology and moving forward. Josephine Sutherland (Survivor) Took couselling – made a world of change for better, “no excuse for no healing journey.” Great interview! Lyn Manitowabi – Survivors Toolkit – “Confronting denial”

Roy Morris (Survivor) *Talks about living on land and residential school lessons. Learned about life from the land and culture. Josephine Sutherland (Survivor) *Talks about residential school and personal healing Lyn Manitowabi – Survivors Toolkit – “Denial”

Martin Tuesday (Survivor) *Talks about how language helped him, and did not take apology. Jennifer Wood (intergen) *Talks about her experiences and where she is at now. Lyn Manitowabi – Survivors Toolkit – “Openness”

Alex Moonias (Survivor) Land as healer and teacher - final segment to his story. Chief Arthur Moore (Survivor) *Talks about his personal story and as leader. Marjorie Griffith – Survivors Toolkit – “Shame”

Alex Moonias (Survivor) *Talks about how the land has helped him heal. Mary Jane Metat (Survivor) *Talks about how abuses kept her down, now doing great Kevin Berube – Survivors Toolkit – “Getting to the heart of the matter.”

Tina Kakepetum-Schultz (Survivor) Embracing culture and teachings - final segment. Elizabeth Sakaney (Survivor) *Talks about res. School and how she is helping herself. Florence Bouchard – Survivors Toolkit – “Crying”

Tina Kakepetum-Schultz (Survivor) *Talks about always having faith in Creator, changing life direction, learning from culture. Marjorie Cachagee-Lee (Survivor) *Talks about her school years, how she made changes. Walter Lyon – Survivors Toolkit – “Finding a confidante”

Chief Clifford Bull (Survivor) *Talks about his personal life – sexual abuse struggles/family issues raising children after abuse. Learning to talk about it. Katy Quinn (Non-Ab) *Comm. Coalition for Healing and Reconciliation- work they do Chris Metat (Survivor)* Talks about how he felt about the apology, compensation for the damage done by Residential Schools, and his struggle with achieving an education. Violet Tuesday – Survivors Toolkit – “Apology” from FN perspective

William Dumas (Survivor) *Acknowledging pain and healing process Norma Keejick (Survivor) * Learning from nephews suicide and father’s words SongsforSurvivors (Margaret Dumas) Rose Gunderson – Survivors Toolkit – “Listening”

Inaugural program – People tell why they support this program: Donny Morris (intergen) William Dumas (Survivor) Lorraine Kenny-Beaton (Survivor) Grace Winter (intergen) Wava Fox (Survivor) Dave Poulin – Survivors Toolkit – “Talking”