Explore Native American Trauma Healing: February 2026 Workshop

Two-Day Agenda February 24 & 25, 2026 Lucky Star Casino Hotel and Convention Center

Tuesday: 11:00 AM-7:30 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM

DAY 1 – Opening, Understanding and Grounding 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM |Registration & Light Meal (Provided) |Welcome Table Opens |Drumming Music |Smudging Available (optional participation) |Resource Booths Available (health programs, veterans outreach, crisis services)

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM |Keynote Discussion Presentation by: HENRIETTA MANN and JACKIE TURTLE, VETERAN |Overview of Workshop goals: healing, connection, and addressing generational traumas |Healing the Roots: Understanding Generational and Historical Trauma |Overview of Intergenerational Trauma in Native Communities: past policies (removal, boarding schools, dislocation) and Modern Impacts |The Role of Culture, Ceremony and Community in Healing

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM BREAK

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Keynote Discussion and Presentation by Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services Administration

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM BREAK

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Keynote Discussion and Presentation by Richard Williams, Veteran |PTSD, Trauma Triggers, Shame Cycles and Cultural Pathways to Wellbeing

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Traditional Native American Meal (Provided)

DAY 2 – Workshops, Skills, and Community Action 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM |Continental Breakfast |Resource Booths Re-Open

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM |Morning Invocation & Day 2 Welcome

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM |Brief Talk “Reclaiming Cultural Identity as Mental Protection” |Cultural Pride, Reconnecting with Language, Traditional Food Pathways |Strength-based Approach to Native Wellness

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM |Transition Break

BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS (Choose 1 per Session) (Three tracks running in parallel. Each session is 75 minutes.)

SESSION 1 – 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM |A. Trauma-Informed Care in Native Communities: Practical Skills |B. PTSD, Moral Injury & Returning to Balance for Veterans |C. Raising Native Youth with Love: Supporting Adoptees, Foster Youth & Reconnecting Relatives

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM – LUNCH (Provided)

SESSION 2 – 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM |A. Behavioral Health Strategies for Crisis Response |B. Warrior Storytelling: Turning Pain into Purpose |C. Healthy Parenting After Trauma

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM BREAK

SESSION 3 – 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM |A. Building Tribal Mental Health Programs & Policy Tools |B. Supporting Relatives Returning from Adoption: Trauma-Informed Identity Care |C. Community Circles: Restoring Relationships & Conflict Healing

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CLOSING CEREMONY |Honoring Song for Healing |Closing Prayer by an Elder |Giveaway (small items; sage bundles, medicine bags and/or ribbons) |Acknowledgments and next steps

END OF HEALING EVENT

Lucky Star Casino Hotel and Convention Center is offering discounted Hotel rates for this Special Event, to reserve your room, Contact Hotel: luckystarcasino.org |580.265.5001 |1407 S. Clarence Nash Blvd Watonga, Ok 73772

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