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When family traditions have been lost but elders expect continuation

My grandmother is dying and she keeps asking when I will do my vision quest but our family lost those traditions three generations ago and I do not even know where to start.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The weight of cultural disconnection becomes most painful when those we love most expect us to carry forward what was taken from us.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous coming-of-age traditions?”

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