Native Pride
Healing, Protection & Empowerment
See how to respectfully offer support within Native communities while honoring cultural values and traditions. Discover ways to build trust, show care with humility, and uplift identity through community connection.
Honoring Native Identity Through Respectful Support
Native pride can sometimes lead to reluctance in accepting care, help, handouts, or programs, accompanied by feelings of being underserved or undeserving of the support offered. To effectively support individuals, it is essential to build trusting relationships and approach personal questions with sensitivity and discretion, especially when offering gifts. Providing support through their own community helps them connect with their identity, heritage, and parenting practices that promote healthy growth and development.
- How does Native pride influence a person’s reluctance to accept care, help, or programs?
- Why is building a trusting relationship important when offering support to individuals in Native communities?
- What role does discretion play in providing gifts or assistance to those who may feel reluctant to accept them?
- How should personal questions be approached delicately to respect cultural sensitivities?
- How can supporting individuals with community resources help them better understand their identity and parenting practices that foster healthy growth?
- What is Native Pride look like in a community?
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