Community Healing - Reclamation

Spiritual reclamation can be achieved through understanding the colonial relationship, history, self-esteem, and relationship to the land. Community healing involves rebuilding indigenous cultures and sense of identity as a first step in reclaiming communities and individuals from the ravages of social problems. Traditional healing attempts to renew the sense of self through the indigenous spiritual connection to the Earth, which has been the foundation of our identity.

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