Brenda, First Nations
Brenda T'Selieie Pierrot is a Sahtu artist and family caregiver from Fort Good Hope, in the Northwest Territories.
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Click Here- Caring for our Elders in community (3:49)
- Traditions when a loved one dies (2:17)
- Sharing love and support with family (2:23)
- The importance of traditional food (0:54)
- Staying at the hospital with my Auntie (2:18)
- The importance of being out on the land (0:46)
- Caring for loved ones at end of life (1:35)
- Thinking about how we can support escorts and families in need (1:59)
- Getting to know the Elders in small communities (1:51)
- I try to support people in my community who are sick (1:09)
- It's a tradition in our community to have a homemade casket (0:58)
- Talking about death can help with grief (3:06)
- My mother didn't want young grandchildren at her burial (2:00)
- It's important to talk to our children about death (2:00)
- The birth of my daughter brought joy to my sick father (1:19)
- Seeing people in remission gives us hope (0:28)
- There's no word for cancer in our language (1:34)
- When someone wants to die in their home community (1:32)
- It was very hard for me to accept my father's death (0:58)
- Managing pain medications and affect on grief (1:30)
- My father came home to die (1:12)
- My father's diagnosis (1:53)
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