Creating Oneness-Ceremonial Research.

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Sharon Jinkerson-Brass*, is a Knowledge The Holder, Key First Nation, Saskatchewan. *Corresponding author: Sharon Jinkerson Brass, e-mail: [email protected] Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. About the Author: My name is Sharon Jinkerson-Brass. I was part of the Sixties Scoop but reunited with my biological family in my mid-20s. The Sixties Scoop was the large-scale removal of Indigenous children from their families from the 1960s to mid-1980s, and their subsequent adoption into predominantly non-Indigenous Canadian and American families. I received teachings from my grandmother, Rebecca Brass, a traditional healer and midwife. 1This research project was gifted the name Stamsh Slhany Lhawat (SSL) by Squamish Elder Sempulyan, who is also known by his English name, Stewart Gonzales. SSL transliterate as Warrior Women Healing in English. 2Pewaseskwan –ᐯᐊᓭᐢᑲᐣ Cree, meaning the sky is starting to clear, it is clearing up. Prof. Stan Wilson suggests this as metaphor. “We Indigenous people are moving towards clearing up our own understandings, standing on those foundations that were almost completely destroyed by the colonizers … and then starting to use Indigenous Knowledges to improve our own quality of life as well as for others (Stan Wilson).” Sempulyan gifted ḵwálhshen, which transliterates pewaseskwan in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw laungage. See https://indigenouswellness.ca/. 3The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) epidemic: This is an issue currently affecting Indigenous people in Canada and the United States, including First Nations, Inuit, Métis (FNIM), and Native American communities. It has been described as a national crisis in Canada. See https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/.