Variety, Naming & Ceremony

Faith Spotted Eagle

Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. What does it mean to be full-blooded?
  2. How does not having full blood create variety?
  3. What are the ways that Native children are named as soon as they are born?
  4. How does it help them not forget who they are?
  5. What is resiliency?
  6. What is historic trauma?
  7. What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
  8. How is trauma continuing to happen?
  9. What ceremony helps individuals to call back their spirits and name the sources of trauma?

Learn FROM
(deep listening, transformation)

  1. How do I relate to the idea of being a full-blood?
  2. How was I named when I was born? do I know my birth story and family history?
  3. In what ways do I have resiliency in my life?
  4. After learning about some of the traumas that Native American people have endured, are there things that have happened in my life that have traumatized me? How have I or do I need to deal with this trauma?
  5. Do I lose my spirit at times?
  6. How do I call my spirit back?