The NCUIH Youth Council is proud to launch its 2020 Indigi-Wellness Healer Campaigns #NativeHealing and #IndigiLove created by Native Youth for Native Youth to express the importance of mental & physical wellness and healthy relationships as Native Youth, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
What is an Indigi-Wellness Healer?
A person who embraces their “Indigeneity” (Indigenous Identity) through…
- Using their culture to be a shield to protect them, while also knowing when to get help.
- Inspiring Native Youth to help heal themselves, maintain through self-care.
- Investing in positive change for mental, physical, emotional/ spiritual health and sharing your story to inspire others.
- Promoting resiliency, building healthy relationships, promoting generational healing to empower the next seven generations.
Indigi-Wellness Healer Campaign Goals
- Raise awareness about sexual assault and dating violence among AI/AN youth 24 years old and younger with the goal to help promote mental, physical, emotional/spiritual wellness and health relationships
- Connect Native youth to youth-driven resources that build resiliency.
- Empower Native youth to overcome challenges by making healthy choices to heal for the next seven generations to overcome suicide and substance abuse.
Indigi-Wellness Healing Resources
- Conflict Resolution
- Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- NCUIH Wellness, Self-care, and Hope Resources
- UNITY Wellness Warrior
- National Suicide Prevention LIFELINE: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- StrongHearts Native Helpline & Chat Feature (Culturally Appropriate Guidance on Dating & Domestic Violence): 1−844-762-8483 /
- WE R NATIVE Ask Auntie
- NCAI VAWA Toolkit
- NCAI Tribal Nations & the United States: An Introduction
Campaign & Social Media Toolkit
