Inter-Generational Impacts

1. Module 4
Inter-Generational impacts

2. Table of Contents
 Effect of Family systems disruption
 Physical, mental, emotional & Spiritual
impacts
 Next Steps: Where do we go from
here?

3. What Are Some Impacts of
Colonization?
 Loss
 Trauma/shock
 Anger
 Helpless
 Disgust
 Shame
 hopeless
 Worthless
 Lost
 Disconnect

4. What Is Inter-Generational Trauma?
 A traumatic disruption that impairs the
normal functioning of a person.
 This impairment creates a cycle of learned
behavior that effects future generations.
 The effects can be felt: mentally,
emotionally, physically and spiritually
If left unhealed, these traumas can repeat
from generation to generation.

5. What Are
Inter-Generational Impacts?
Inter-generational impacts are
behaviors
that can result from generations of
unhealed trauma. If left unhealed,
these
behaviors can become multi-layered &
complex. They can often be seen as
con
current disorders.

6. VIDEO:
Mother & Daughter Inter-Generational Effects

7. The Union of Ontario Indians received funding through the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission of Canada to develop tools and erect a
monument to pay tribute to Anishinabek Nation members who
attended
Indian Residential School. The project is entitled "Honouring Our
Children,
Families, and Communities Affected by Indian Residential Schools".
As part
of The project, a series of five educational videos were created. In
this
video M'Chigeeng First Nation citizens Krystine Abel and her mother
Eve
Abel talk about how Eve's experience as a student at St. Joseph's
residential
school in Spanish, Ontario in the 1950's had an impact on Eve's
parenting
and Krystine's sense of identity as an Anishinaabe Kwe. Eve has
lived in
Toronto for over 40 years and has two daughters and one
granddaughter.
Krystine is now studying Social-Cultural Anthropology at the

8. Holistic View of Inter-Generational
Impacts
True
Self
Physical
Chronic
Disease,
ailments
Mental
Anxiety,
PTSD,
Depression
Emotional
Grief, loss,
Rage
Spiritual
Disassociatio
n,
Detachment,
Loss

9. What Are Behaviors We Can Recognize
as Inter-Generational Impacts?
 Economic
dependency
 High school drop-
out
 Increased
incarceration
 Dysfunctional
parenting styles
 Lateral violence
 Trauma
 Addictions
 Poor Health
 Violence (p, m, e,
sp,sexual)
 Low self worth
 Suicide
 Increased mental
health (depression,
anxiety)
 Unemployment

10. How Can We Determine Inter-
Generational Impacts?
 Assess family system
 Are there residential school survivors
in their family system?
 Is there inter-generational trauma?
 Be careful to assess the behaviors,
while still seeing the person.

11. WHERE DO WE GO
FROM HERE?
Next Steps:

12. What Is The First Step?
Recognizing the hope lies in breaking
the
cycles that have been created by the
inter
generational trauma. Any plan of care
should always include holistic
interventions,
which address the needs of the Body,
Mind & Spirit.
HOW can we bring individual back in

13. Recognize The Importance of
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
(TEK)
• Indigenous worldview and culture
• Represents values & beliefs. Can be
through stories, language, ceremonies,
songs
• Connection to the land; who we are as
people
• Providing opportunities for this sense of
connection can be pivotal to healing Inter-
Generational impacts

14. Thomas R. Porter (Sakokwenionkwas-
“The One Who Wins”) has been the
founder, spokesperson and spiritual leader
of the Mohawk Community of
Kanatsiohareke (Ga na jo ha lay gay)
located in the Mohawk Valley near Fonda,
New York since 1993. He is a member of
the Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation at
Akwesasne. (Akwesasne, also known as
the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation,
straddles the New York State/Canadian
border near Massena, New York.) He is
married to Alice Joe Porter who is Choctaw,
and has six children.

15. Tom Porter,
Mohawk Bear Clan Elder
Cherish Your Roots & Family

16. Richard Wagamese,
Anishinabee Author
“I heard a wise woman talk at a conference. She
spoke of being removed from her culture,
unplugged from it, disconnected and set aside
like an old toaster. But she was always a toaster
and the day came when someone plugged her
back in and the electricity flowed. She became
functional again - and the tool of her
reawakening was her language."

17. Next Steps:Additional
Resources
 www.nativeland.ca
Helps anyone easily trace
what traditional territory they
are on.
 www.newsinteractives.c
bc.ca/longformsingle/beyo
nd94?&cta=1
Great narrative on critically
examining the TRC . (Truth &
Reconciliation) & next steps.
 www.russdiabo.com/resources
Political commentary & resources
on Indigenous governance

 www.snpolytechnic.com/indige
nous-knowledge-centre
A great local resource at Six
Nations of the Grand. Open to all.
 www.digitalwampum.org
More videos on Haudenosaunee
traditional teachings

18. Books
 We Share Our Matters, Rick Monture
 The Clay We Are Made of, Susan M. Hill
 To Become A Human Being, Steve Wall
 And Grandma Said, Tom Porter
 www.goodminds.com A local Indigenous run website that distributes
educational resources.