Region 10 Opioid SummitVancouver, Wa
August 07, 2019
Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation
Department of Preventative Services
Calricaraq Activities:Calricaraq Gathering
Qaruyun
Youth Calricaraq/Activity
Community Calricaraq
2011-2016
Calricaraq consists of 3 steps
1. Understanding our History and impact on our lives today
2. Healing in our Indigenous way
3. Reclaiming Identity
Culture Intact
Contact Illnesses & start of
Losses
Education&
Religion
Loss of Self Governance & Control
Loss of Language & Tradition
Impacts of Loss widespread
Culture Fragmented
Loss of Parenting Skills
Loss of Identity
History of Colonization
Multi generations not taught how to live well
Unhealthy life skills, unhealthy coping skillsUnhealthy Living
Coping/Strategies
Opioid Abuse
Alcohol Abuse
Domestic Violence
Suicide
Child Abuse
Unhealthy Relationships
QARUYUN
Kenka
NaklegtaqKusgurtaq
Tuvqataq
TakumcutaqPatagavkenani
Qanruyun
Ayuqucirtuun
Angniqagcaraq
Ukut Quyurmeng QARUYUTNGUUT
Umyuam Navgumalriim Iinrukai
Traditional Yup’ik Healing
Medicine for Holistic Health
Cultural
UnconditionalLove
Empathetic
Being
BeingCompassionate
BeingSympathetic
HavingPatience
NaturalLaws Of Life
How to BeHow to
HumorProvoking Joy
Care
QuyalleqGratitude
Surface Culture
Deep Culture
VisibleCulture
Dance, Food, Language, Art, Traditions
Cultural Activities
Hidden CultureWorldview, Beliefs, Values
Our Pathways to Wellbeing
Common HumanityThe way we LOVE, LAUGH, CRY and seek DIGNITY and
MEANING in our livesTraditional Cultural Care
IndigenousCalricaraq
Piciryarat
Yuuluaqauciq
Qaruyun
Mental Health Issues
Violence
Trauma
Dysfunctional Family
Substance Abuse
Strengths
Strengths
Spirituality
Positive FriendsPositive Activities
Family Support
Medical Access
Caring Adults
Mental health access
Identity
Culture
Sources of Strength
IMPACTS of H.T.
Ancestral Wisdom & Knowledge
Contemporary M.H. Services
Indigenous CulturalCare Intervenes forMental Health Challenges
Yup’ik Culture at the heart of Clinical Practice
“Qanruyutem yuk qaill’ayuqengraan Kitugcugngaa.”
Cultural Activities
• Calricaraq activities are essential to build bridges and to serve as bridges between the 2 diverse communities of practice, research and policy
Additional Information• SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI)• https://www.samhsa.gov/child-trauma
• ACES Connection• http://www.acesconnection.com/• Historical Trauma
• https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/alaskan/introduction/history.html• American Indian Literature: Resistance and Renewal• http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/engl484jj/Historical_Trauma.htm
• Fostering Resilience• http://fosteringresilience.com/about.php• Alaska Resilience initiative
• https://www.akresilience.org/traumainformed-change/• Trauma• https://www.acf.hhs.gov/trauma-toolkit/trauma-concept
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• Contact Information
• BH Preventative Services• Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation • Behavioral Health • PO Box 528, 185 Hoffman• Bethel, AK 99559• (p) 907.543.6100 (f) 907.543.4684 • www.ykhc.org