Sandi L Boucher presents a 10-scenario exercise from her seminar that asks you to identify whether people are on an Indigenous or non-Indigenous path to reconciliation, and which of four stages they occupy: healing, unpacking oppression, using voice, or reconciling. The scenarios include an angry person wanting to move on, CEOs, chiefs, and an Indigenous youth who attempted self-harm.
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Oh no, I forgot to clean that part of my desk. I'm sorry. I said I would try it didn't work. I'll do it. I'll do it before the next video maybe. Sort of. Ah, anyways. Hi everyone. We are continuing on the Path, the Path, the Path reconciliation exercise. So if you're not subscribed to my channel, you should probably do that. If you, if you've missed the last two videos, you should probably go watch those. Even though I'm going to share some information today. Bottom line, this, what we're talking about is the final exercise in my full day the Path seminar, which is based on my third book. This is a very popular exercise that my participants love and organizers pay thousands of dollars to bring me in to do this exercise. But because you're my dedicated following on YouTube, I thought why not let give this a try? Especially since I'm on a road trip right now. So let's talk about it. Foreign. Hi everybody, my name is Sandy Boucher. I'm Red Thunderbolt, woman of the Loon clan, a proud member of Seine River first nation in Treaty 3 territory in Northern Ontario. And more importantly, not more importantly, but focus of this video is I did Reconciliation is my jam. I'm either working in a First Nation community with their empowerment and their healing and their forward focus, getting past, getting past lateral violence and all that achy stuff, or I'm working with non Indigenous Canadians on understanding their own history, the impacts on Indigenous people and how we move forward. This exercise from my full day seminar called the Path is super popular in that it helps people to enact what they need to understand for reconciliation. I know my followers on this channel love practical experience. So that's what I wanted to do. I'm on a road trip right now. I had to get some videos out to you. I wanted them to be quality content as always. So this is what you get now. In the first video we talked about the Indigenous Path and all of its stages, remembering we start in the right or in the east where the new day starts. And then in Tuesday's video we talked about the non Indigenous path. Again, you start in the east. Now that's the two frameworks you need to answer today's question. So this final acts exercise actually has two parts, so which I think I'll have enough time to do in two videos. Hopefully that is the goal. Kind of like cleaning off this half of my desk. Hi Froggy, how are you? So what I'm gonna do is list off a couple of very, very brief Descriptions. Because often we meet people, we know nothing about them except that incredibly quick first impression. What I want you to do, you have to decide two things. What path are they on? Meaning do you think they're indigenous or non indigenous? And then what stage are they at based on the information you were given? So if they're on the indigenous path, are they in stage one and they got to work on their healing, are they stage two, where they're unpacking the. The oppression. Stage three, they're using their voice, or stage four, they're actually reconciling? And on the non indigenous path, are they at the they still need to accept the fact stage? Are they unpacking their suitcases and realizing their privilege, which is stage two, are they stage three, where they're actually making changes and taking action? Or stage four, are they actually reconciling? It'll make more sense in a second. So the first one, for example, an angry person, you don't know if they're indigenous or not, who thinks we should quit talking about the past because we can't change it, we should just move on. So what path do you think they're on, indigenous or non? And what stage are they at? Remember, stage one is on the right hand side. That's the baby stage. The black for baby stage, yellow for youth stage. Red is adult, white is elder. So an angry person, you don't know if they're indigenous or not, who thinks you sh we should quit talking about the past because we can't change it and just move on. Of course you're making an assumption here, but by trying to figure out where they're coming from, it helps you be able to communicate with them. Now, you might be wrong. Once you get more information, you have to be able to adjust. But right now, based on the information you have, what path do you think they are on and what stage that is? Question one. We have 10 questions. Feel free to pause this video at any time if you need extra time. Number two, an angry indigenous activist keeps calling white people snowflakes. So you know what path they're on? Because I identified the person as indigenous. What stage are they on again? Number two, an angry indigenous activist who keeps calling white people snowflakes. What stage are they at? Number three, you come across an intoxicated, homeless indigenous person. Again, you know what path they're on. I identified them as indigenous. We. What stage are they at? An intoxicated homeless indigenous person. Number four, a chief. So we're talking indigenous chief. So again, you know what path they're on. A chief gives a speech at a national assembly, which is what we call our huge conference. So, number four, A chief gives a speech at a national assembly. They're on the indigenous path. What stage? Number five. A white person is heartbroken with newfound awareness of their privilege, so we know they're not indigenous. A non indigenous or white person who is heartbroken with newfound awareness of their privilege. We know which path they're on. The non indigenous path. What stage are they at? Number six. A CEO who wants to develop an indigenous engagement strategy based on the norm. The CEO of the company. Are they indigenous or non indigenous? This person wants to develop an indigenous engagement strategy. What stage are they at? Number 7. Indigenous community members want to develop an alternative justice program for their community. So again, we know they're indigenous on the indigenous path. Indigenous community members want to develop an alternative justice program for their community. Okay. Number eight, you are introduced to an indigenous traditional dancer, which means they dance at powwow in the full regalia. So an indigenous traditional dancer. We know they're indigenous, so you know what path they're on. What stage are they at based on that? Very little information. Number nine, an indigenous youth has attempted to unalive themselves. An indigenous youth has attempted to analyze themselves. You know what path they're on. It's the indigenous path. What stage are they at? And last but not least, a CEO who is pushing for their indigenous partners to get it together. A CEO who is pushing for their indigenous partners to get it together. What path? What stage? There you have it. That is the first part of this exercise. Tomorrow we'll do the second part. I think I'll be able to fit it all in one video, which means you'll be able to do this full. Maybe this full. I just realized there's a third part to this exercise. We'll see. We'll also see if I clean off my desk in time. We can hope. I'm all about hope. Until tomorrow. I love you. Take care. Bye Bye.
