What I see among many indigenous women impacted by violence, here in B.C., is that their spirits, souls and bodies are traumatized, and they pass down that trauma if they're not able to heal it or provided with the resources and supports needed to adequately culturally heal themselves. I don't mean accessing mainstream services or making everybody in mainstream service organizations polite...so that we can access it. I mean real healing that connects us back to our own culture and communities, and back to the land and our understanding of spirit and soul.
I think this is what is important, and it can't be done by mainstream organizations. It really has to be done within our indigenous communities.