RHSW

Check out the following video links that contain teachings and self-care techniques:

• • • Elder’s Prayer
    • Morning Prayer Song
    • Smudge
    • Staying In Your Power
    • Compassionate Listening
    • Self Compassion
    • Cedar Teachings
    • 456 Breathing Technique
    • EFT Technique
    • Understanding the Vagus Nerve
    • Virtual Smudge

The Resolution Health Support Worker’s (RHSW) at Tsow-Tun Le Lum are part of the Indian Residential School (IRS) Health Support Program.

Tsow-Tun Le Lum Resolution Health Support Workers 

Tsow-Tun Le Lum (TTLL) is a Healing Home that provides Emotional and Cultural Support services to communities throughout Vancouver Island.  Through federally funded programs TTLL offers compassionate, culturally grounded support to individuals, families, and communities affected by the lasting impacts of colonial trauma.

TTLL’s services are delivered through two dedicated teams: the Resolution Health Support Workers (RHSW) Team and the Cultural Support Team. Working in tandem, these teams provide balanced emotional, cultural, and spiritual support to those who reach out for help.

Since 2006, TTLL has and continues to provide support to Residential School Survivors, Intergenerational Survivors, and those affected by Indian Day Schools, Indian Hospitals, MMIWG, and Indian Residential School site investigations and research.  Through the Jordan’s Principle Class Action Settlement, TTLL also provides emotional and cultural support to individuals filing claims and to family members who may be affected by the claim process.

Our Cultural Support Team, made up primarily of retired First Nations community counsellors, creates culturally safe spaces for counselling, cleansing, and ceremony.   Support is available in person, virtually, or by telephone to ensure accessibility for all.

Cultural and spiritual ceremonies are thoughtfully matched with a compatible Elder, respecting individual healing journeys, cultural teachings, and protocols.

 Supporting healing, wellness, and cultural revitalization for individuals, families, and communities across Vancouver Island.

Cultural Support Team (CSPs)

Services are provided to eligible former Indian Residential School students and their families by a gifted group of Spiritual Helpers (CSPs).

• They can provide ceremony, spiritual support, brushings, and other cultural practices.
• Cultural and spiritual ceremonies are matched with the appropriate CSP.
• CSPs and the RHSW team work together in a wholistic and culturally focused way, providing support to Spirit, Heart, Mind, and Body.

To request support from Tsow-Tun Le Lum’s RHSW program, contact TTLL (Ph: 250-390-3123) or fill out and send us a RHSW_Support Request Form.    Advanced notice is greatly appreciated – preferably at least two (2) weeks before the date of your event.  Generally, funding for our program covers the Vancouver Island area.

Day School Information:

For information of Indian Day School claims, click here: https://indiandayschools.com/en/

For the Day School Claim Form, click here: https://indiandayschools.com/en/wp-content/uploads/indian-day-schools-claim-form-en.pdf

For the list of approved schools, click here: https://indiandayschools.com/en/wp-content/uploads/schedule-k.pdf

To access FNHA’s website mental health services, click here: http://www.fnha.ca/benefits/mental-health

For a list of FNHA approved counsellors in B.C., click here: https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-First-Nations-Health-Benefits-Mental-Health-Provider-List.pdf

About the Logo: This image respectfully acknowledges our ancestors who did not survive. May they be blessed by our Eagle spirits. Today we can also see ourselves in the middle surrounded by the teachings of our community and strength of our Elders.

Artist: Stuart Pagaduan