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The Cultural Toolbox: An Indigenous Perspective on Deep Healing (Virtual)

  • San Francisco, CA United States (map)

Event Description: Join celebrated Native American racial equity educator and scholar, Anton Treuer, for a deep dive into community-defined healing practices and strategies for mental health and addiction recovery to deepen knowledge and its practical application. Treuer is Ojibwe, from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. His groundbreaking scholarship and service as a spiritual leader in Native spaces has equipped him with an authentic perspective on the most important work of our time and our individual and collective quest for healing. 

Private training for staff at San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Three Learning Objectives:

  • By the end of the training, participants will be able to identify three community-defined healing practices used today by the Indigenous population of Alameda County to address “Historical Trauma”

  • By the end of the training, participants will be able to identify the three primary components of racial identity (color, culture, consciousness)

  • By the end of the training, participants will be able to list three distinct health concerns that Native American nations in California list as top priorities for redress