Join us at Fidalgo Bay Resort for an afternoon with guest speaker Dereck Stonefish. This in-depth examination of historical trauma and inter-generational grief includes skill-based training designed to equip you with strategies for healing and growth by better understanding our cultural backgrounds. 

Fidalgo Bay Resort, 4701 Fidalgo Bay Rd, Anacortes, WA 98221

Open to Samish citizens and their households, and clients of Samish Health and Human Services.

RSVPs are appreciated. Please email rsvp@samishtribe.nsn.us to sign-up. 

About the Guest Speaker:
Dereck is Oneida from the Iroquois Confederacy. Dereck has crafted expertise with a new way of thinking when it comes to addressing issues in modern Indian Country. He has realized through his own healing journey and traditional knowledge that unresolved trauma is a driving force contaminating the healing processes of indigenous communities, urban and reservation exponentially. The improvement & implementation of new culturally based curricula and training has been a need for many years. Dereck has identified this need and became an innovator working for the betterment of ALL people creating curriculum and trainings that are innovative and effective in Native workforces and communities.

Main topics:

• Cultural competency and communications
• Understanding intergenerational trauma and substance abuse
• Health and healing
• History and traditional knowledge
  

Cultural Competency – a skills-based training engineered to help you better serve native American communities by better understanding our cultural background.

Historical Trauma in Native American Communities – an in-depth examination of historical trauma and intergenerational grief designed to equip you with strategies for healing and growth.