Returning to the earth

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First Nations - Grief, Loss, Dying, and Death

• 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)
• Indigenous Voices: Honouring Our Loss and Grief (23:07)
• Burial traditions in my community (1:26)
• Burial traditions in my community (1:26)
• From the AIDS Crisis to COVID: The Importance of End-of-Life Rituals (1:28)
• The sacred fire (1:27)
• Symbols of remembrance (1:09)
• The relationship continues (1:39)
• The Memorial Quilt Project (2:03)
• Erased in death: Honouring Two-Spirit identities (0:49)
• Honouring and remembering our Two-Spirit community (1:26)
• Responding to grief and loss in a tangible way (1:08)
• Acknowledging caregivers (0:58)
• Healing collectively as a community (1:30)
• When we couldn’t speak our grief (1:12)
• Two-Spirit lives and loss in the AIDS epidemic (1:49)
• The trauma of loss (0:57)
• Healing together (0:31)
• We all grieve in our own way (2:31)
• Taking time (0:37)
• Take note of the drag queens (1:11)
• A journey of letting go (1:04)
• Life continues forward (0:37)
• Remembering our missing sons (1:24)
• Dignity for transgender patients (1:31)
• Becoming an advocate after the death of a loved one (1:15)
• Why we need to talk about loss (1:25)
• Gifting an eagle feather (0:55)
• Before colonization inclusion was our tradition (1:24)
• Relationships continue after death (0:53)
• The journey of life (1:44)
• Transforming as we move through our lives (0:41)
• Leaving a legacy (1:05)
• Learning to laugh (1:20)
• Celebrating life and death as a family (2:13)
• Saying goodbye from above (1:09)
• Sensing the passing of a loved one (1:35)
• Finding strength in each other (3:31)
• Breaking the cycle of trauma (1:46)
• We carry the silence of hidden trauma (1:05)
• The trauma and grief that our Elders continue to live with (1:06)
• The gift of listening and being present (2:15)
• Words of comfort in the face of loss (1:02)
• The body remembers what the heart fears (0:49)
• How I grieved the near-loss of my husband (0:56)
• Learning to let go (1:50)
• Addiction, loss and the need to stand together (2:18)
• Living within an ongoing cycle of grief (1:31)
• My sister was murdered: How Indigenous people are often treated as second-class citizens (1:42)
• Facing my husband’s health crisis (1:21)
• Connecting to the Creator during difficult times (2:42)
• Inviting Spirit to walk with us (1:54)
• Returning to our spiritual self in times of grief (1:38)
• Choosing our path and finding our peace (1:59)
• Teaching and learning along our life journey (1:40)
• When laughter brought balance to a tragic situation (3:29)
• A different way to think about grief (1:41)
• Grief and the loss of our spiritual self (1:03)
• Honouring our grief (0:53)
• Supporting connection and guiding healing (2:01)
• Recognizing the weight of cumulative grief (2:40)
• Grieving in the midst of crisis (2:58)
• An invitation to healing (2:28)
• Creation Stories can serve as guides for grief (2:36)
• Colonization, grief and resilience (1:48)
• The ongoing impacts of colonization (2:44)
• Re-claiming teachings can help us heal (3:00)
• Spirit first: Finding a path through grief (1:24)
• Healing for future generations (2:02)
• Supporting grief through re-claiming our teachings (2:17)
• Tools and teachings for grief and healing (2:32)
• Ceremony and healing after the death of my father (3:02)
• Burning ceremonies connect us to the spirit world (1:57)
• A brushing ceremony helps take away mistakes of those that have died (1:54)
• A hospice ceremony helped me grieve my sister’s death (1:33)
• Completing the brushing ceremony (1:58)
• Wrapping loved ones in a blanket (0:33)
• My first experiences of grief and funerals were overshadowed by the church (3:00)
• How we support grieving families (1:35)
• Our lost generations (1:28)
• Unresolved grief and Indigenous identity (1:10)
• Healing and balance (1:00)
• Swallowing our emotional pain (1:00)
• Climate change and grief (1:10)
• When you carry unresolved grief, you carry heaviness (1:41)
• Unresolved grief stresses our whole system (1:34)
• Trauma, loss and carrying heaviness (2:20)
• Forgiveness and removing negative energy (0:57)
• One can grieve while not carrying the heaviness of grief (1:26)
• It's common to live with the fear of losing someone (1:10)
• You’re never alone (0:36)
• Forgiveness and grief (3:58)
• Racism, grief and loss of identity (2:06)
• Racisim and Canada’s medical system (3:07)
• Ignorance and racism (0:52)
• My sister taught me about death (2:03)
• Healing the Nations: My Hummingbird Song (2:11)
• Rituals and ceremony could be called “no-talk therapy” (0:37)
• Reincarnation and the human spirit (2:23)
• The Brushing Ceremony: Releasing grief, restoring Spirit (3:57)
• From Head to Toe: Letting Go Through the Brushing Ceremony (2:16)
• We had a sustainable way of life for thousands of years (1:58)
• Music is healing (2:37)
• Medicine, music and healing (1:38)
• Rejuvenating our Spirit (1:55)
• Living in harmony ensured that we were healthy (2:10)
• Music can free you from what’s hurting you (1:44)
• Laughter and stories can help with grief (1:20)
• Our teachings can help with trauma (1:01)
• Helping a soul with their journey (1:55)
• Creating burial traditions (1:07)
• The sacred threshold: What we feel when a life passes (2:10)
• Honouring the last goodbye: A sacred time (1:50)
• Teaching the Spirit to walk (3:37)