#2022GivetotheMax

Traditional Healing

• Culturally specific birth work and ceremonies that empower and heal women during their lifespan
• Ceremonial guidance and assistance for the following:
  • Pregnancy and Birth work
  • Traditional Naming Ceremonies
  • Coming of Age Ceremonies 
  • Women’s Ceremonies
  • Healing Ceremonies

Nokomis Endaad Mental and Behavioral Health 

• Intensive outpatient treatment program and wrap around services through a home environment
• Wraparound services that incorporate the home environment 
• Culturally aware and trauma informed mental health providers 
• Healing Journeys: a biweekly support group for American Indian women to come together and work through a culturally-specific healing process, including, but not limited to traditional craft making and attending ceremonies 

Nokomis Waa’kaaigan 

• Providing a safe house for women in need of assistance 

Family Services

• Parenting classes and support utilizing a cultural lens that empowers and strengthens families
• Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) support and advocacy

Community Programming

• Culturally centered community events that build connection and heal such as:
  • Round dances
  • Pow wows
  • Moccasin-making classes
  • Native female authors book reading for youth
  • Cradleboard making classes
  • Ribbon skirt classes
  • Jingle dress making classes
  • And more!

Support for Survivors of Gender Based Violence

• Assisting client/relatives at their own pace through their healing journey by providing 1:1 services through our Sexual Assault Advocates, Domestic Violence Advocates, and our Sex Trafficking Survivor Advocates. 

• Weekly support groups 

• Street Outreach for: 

  • Unsheltered/Unhoused Native American women 
  • Unsheltered/Unhoused Two-Spirit Individuals  
  • Unsheltered/Unhoused Youth  
  • Sex Trafficked Individuals or Individuals in danger of being sex trafficked 

  Wawokiye Drop-In Center 

• Immediate culturally specific support for Unsheltered relatives:
  • Showers
  • Food
  • Clothing
  • Transportation
  • Internal and External Referrals
  • Advocacy
  • Traditional Medicines and other culturally specific support