b'WOMEN IN TRADES the Pine Creek First Nation. These women become our Clan Mothers Healing Village family, and it is so awesome to witness their continued growth, moving from shelters to their own homes, making [their] first big purchases and building stronger relationships within their sisterhood and with their own families.The Clan Mothers Healing Village and Knowledge Centre will include a Longhouse Cabin for group gatherings and healing, a Knowledge Centre, Lodge Keepers and Elders cabins and one- and two-bedroom cabins amidst ceremonial grounds. The village is rising on 138 acres of waterfront land in Belair, Manitoba. Co-founded The Clan Mothers Healing Village Knowledge Centre Elders Council by Elder Mae Louise Campbell and her daughter Jamie Goulet, it will be a IT TAKES A VILLAGE to graduate and will join the firstvillage for healing, with opportunities social enterprise. This Mother Earthto connect with ones true spirit In Manitoba, an innovative, IndigenousConstruction Crew will work with theagain through traditional ceremonies, women-led program is building ateam with Parkwest Projects. supported by the guidance of Elders village and knowledge centre that willand a lived-experience Council. support Indigenous women on theirWe are all so proud of these incrediblyTraining programs will provide learned healing journeys from systemic trauma,strong and resilient women who haveskills to prepare Indigenous women sexual violence and exploitationandbeen successful through the trainingand Two-Spirit and gender-diverse key to this initiative is an innovativeand on their own healing journeys,persons for employment within the carpentry training program.says Anderson, whose roots come fromorganizations social enterprise.Clan Mothers Healing Village and Knowledge Centre has been developed using an Indigenous model of healing and education focused on restoring Indigenous communities using the matrilineal values that guided their original self-governance systems. It will be a place where healing begins with the heart and spirit, says Krista Anderson, the social enterprise and innovation manager for the project. Under the guidance of an Indigenous- led construction company, Parkwest Projects, the graduates of the initiatives first carpentry training program are currently on the land participating in the construction of the village while celebrating continued sobriety and a consistent income. Most recently, a second cohort was preparingThe Mother Earth Construction Crew44A CCIB PUBLICATIONSummer 2024'