Clan Mothers Healing Village

In 2015, a collective of Indigenous women came together to solve the ongoing systemic, multi-generational trauma in their communities. With decades of experience working with thousands of women and girls, this group of Clan Mothers set out to build a village to create healing through collaboration and understanding. As an outcropping of that vision, an Indigenous-led solution – Clan Mothers Healing Village – came to life. Indigenous communities have been traumatized by the ongoing systemic violence against women and children. They are victims of sexual exploitation, human trafficking, racism, and unconscionable levels of domestic violence. Through time and colonization, Indigenous practices have changed with the historical influence of Eurocentric patriarchal controls. These changes have greatly altered Indigenous views on women and girls. There is, however, a recently renewed movement and respect for the role of grandmothers and women – something that had been lost through colonization and residential schools. Clan Mothers believes that healing is only possible when we return to our Indigenous models and methodologies of healing. The success of Clan Mothers’ work over the years has inspired us to expand our reach and capacity to bring substantive change and hope to our communities. Current rehabilitation practices are not working. Many focus on the wrong elements or put the focus in the wrong order. We have learned that to heal the heart of our communities, we must move beyond the dominant systems that disengage and disempower us. Clan Mothers recognizes the opportunity to better educate people on Indigenous and women’s issues locally, nationally, and internationally – and to better serve the victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking, using Indigenous holistic methodologies.

Website

https://clanmothers.ca/

External link for Clan Mothers Healing Village

Industry

Public Safety

Company size

2-10 employees

Headquarters

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Type

Nonprofit

Founded

2015