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Cultural Sensitivity. By Opolahsomuwehs (Imelda Perley) (November 25 th , 2011). Cultural Sensitivity. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cultural Sensitivity
ByOpolahsomuwehs
(Imelda Perley)
(November 25th, 2011)
Cultural Sensitivity
A culturally sensitive person is one who is familiar with the values, beliefs, ideals and worldviews of a specific cultural group. The person may also reflect these values and worldviews in their actions, attitudes and thoughts.
Culturally Sensitive
Service Providers
• Have awareness and appreciation of the culture that they are serving
• Visible in the community that they are serving
• Aware of cultural protocol dealing with Elders, ceremonies and community events
• Learns the greetings in the community language
Culturally Sensitive
Service Providers
• Familiar with Elder Knowledge pertaining to traditional medicines and traditional healing practices
• Familiar with community health issues and concerns
• Understands and appreciates the values, beliefs, traditions and worldviews of the culture they are working with
Journey into Cultural Sensitivity
• Establish a relationship with community Elders
• Participate in the cultural activities organized by the community
• Make a genuine effort to integrate yourself into the community; social isolation leads to misunderstandings and misconceptions
Cultural Sensitivity
for Aboriginal People
• Speaker of their Ancestral language or committed to learning the language of his or her community
• Reflects traditional values and worldviews in his or her actions, attitudes and way of knowing
Cultural Sensitivity For
Aboriginal People
• Guided by Ancestral knowledge
• Familiar with traditional healing practices
• Participates and/or performs ceremonies
• Familiar with the history, stories, songs and Elder knowledge
Journey to Cultural Sensitivity
• Seek Elder knowledge, their wisdom, their teachings
• Learn their Ancestral language
• Participate in Ceremonies and Traditions
• Participate in community-based initiatives designed to revive, maintain and preserve language and culture
Chief Dan George
• Everyone likes to give as well as receive
• No one wishes only to receive all the time We have taken much from your culture…
• I wish that you had taken something from our culture…
• For there were some beautiful and good things in it.
Chief Dan George
• Already many of our young people have forgotten the old ways
• And many have been shamed of their Indian ways by scorn and ridicule
• My culture is like a wounded deer that has crawled away into the forest to bleed and die alone
Chief Dan George
• The only thing that can truly help us is genuine love
• You must truly love us, be patient with us and share with us
• And we must love you-with a genuine love that forgives and forgets. (My Heart Soars. 1974 pg.41)
‘Ciw Oluwikoneyak Weckuwapasihtit
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