Indigenous Voices: Honouring Our Loss and Grief

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First Nations - Traditions, Rituals and Spirituality

• Culture affects medical decisions (2:18)
• Traditional medicines at end of life (1:26)
• Traditional and western medicine (1:11)
• A beautiful death (3:41)
• We walk with our own people (0:45)
• Dying at home (1:40)
• Honouring sacred wishes (1:23)
• Talking about death (1:11)
• Traditions and grief (1:55)
• The anger of grief (1:19)
• Songs of strength (0:41)
• Relationship with Mother Earth (1:19)
• Letting go (2:16)
• Returning to my culture (0:53)
• The comfort of spiritual beliefs (1:02)
• Gathering strength (0:43)
• Honour and let go (1:33)
• Reincarnation (1:24)
• You feel so good after (0:57)
• Ask, listen and respect (1:01)
• Self-smudging ceremony (1:03)
• Smudging ceremony (1:33)
• Traditional foods are medicine (2:06)
• Traditional foods in hospital (0:58)
• Balancing medical care and personal needs (1:11)
• Towards culturally safe care (1:02)
• The meaning of spirit (1:08)
• Everything is connected (1:54)
• A new setting for Indigenous spirituality (1:46)
• Accepting death (1:56)
• Healing circle (1:25)
• Our music brings comfort (1:00)
• Opening a window (1:21)
• Go freely now (1:29)
• Opening the door (1:37)
• Be a human being (1:42)
• Indigenous Voices: Ceremony, Tradition and Spirituality (21:41)
• Birds and mammals: Spiritual links to the Creator (1:32)

First Nations - Emotions and Support

• It's different when it's your own family (1:59)
• It's okay to ask (1:12)
• Palliative team support for caregivers (1:59)
• "Queen of the bad news" (1:16)
• Caring for the whole family (1:42)
• Accepting our roles (1:35)
• Acceptance means no struggle (1:15)
• Honouring sacred wishes (1:23)
• Final days and final words (3:43)
• When Mom came home to die (3:15)
• Caring for someone at home (1:23)
• Returning to my culture (0:53)
• The comfort of spiritual beliefs (1:02)
• Gathering strength (0:43)
• Help for the spirit (2:02)
• You feel so good after (0:57)
• Ask, listen and respect (1:01)
• The comfort of ceremonies (1:31)
• Connecting through silence (1:57)
• Encouraging communication (2:09)
• The meaning of spirit (1:08)
• Improving caring connections (0:59)
• Healing circle (1:25)
• Our music brings comfort (1:00)
• Opening the door (1:37)
• Communicating in the old ways (1:43)
• Caring for our mother (1:09)
• Changes in personality (2:03)
• Family grief and healing (0:39)
• Indigenous Voices: Caring for the Patient and Family (16:50)
• Indigenous Voices: Walking Along Side for a Good Death (21:22)
• Silence in communication (1:12)

First Nations - After Death and Ceremonies

• Wiping the tears ceremony (1:58)
• Traditions and grief (1:55)
• Group help for grief (2:02)
• The anger of grief (1:19)
• Letting go (2:16)
• Returning to my culture (0:53)
• Honour and let go (1:33)
• A time to cry (1:10)
• Grief comes in waves (0:57)
• Haida G'waii fire ceremonies (2:15)
• Reincarnation (1:24)
• After death beliefs (0:25)
• Helping others mourn and heal (2:29)
• Moving to the spirit world (1:37)
• The comfort of ceremonies (1:31)
• Go freely now (1:29)
• Preparing the body for the spirit world (2:41)
• One year to grieve (1:27)
• Family grief and healing (0:39)