This is Dennis Wendigo. He is a well respected social worker, trainer and psychotherapist in the area of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complex Trauma. He is a residential school survivor and a survivor of abuse that resulted from the effects of colonization. And he's BRILLIANT!!!!!! He walks with truth in a way that we 'white people' aren't taught to do. He blends his own stories of vulnerability and mistakes made out of the unconscious places he has been in in his life with the intelligence of someone who really knows his field. He works with survivors of residential schools and multi-generational trauma with grace and ease and the utmost respect....whether it be the person who has harmed someone or those on the receiving end. And what he is always trying to do is help people to find their wholeness.
He states "when nature causes a hurricane, tornado, earthquake or something equally horrific; it is called a disaster. When that level of damage is done with people it is called an atrocity."
I am honoured to have been invited by my friend Beth to this conference on Walpole Island and to experience Dennis working with the people who live here. I am an outsider and white. It is a privilege to be here. I am learning as much as I can. We have SO MUCH to learn from First Nations people!
Talk to you next week,
Lee
He states "when nature causes a hurricane, tornado, earthquake or something equally horrific; it is called a disaster. When that level of damage is done with people it is called an atrocity."
I am honoured to have been invited by my friend Beth to this conference on Walpole Island and to experience Dennis working with the people who live here. I am an outsider and white. It is a privilege to be here. I am learning as much as I can. We have SO MUCH to learn from First Nations people!
Talk to you next week,
Lee
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