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Lesson Two: Pihêsiw Crane 114 The discussion questions will activate students' minds into thinking about keeping themselves healthy, and how to keep their relationships (platonic or romantic) healthy. ACQUIRE: PIHÊSIW CRANE'S FIRESIDE CHAT VIDEO Pihêsiw Crane (they/them) is from Maskwacis Samson Cree Nation and currently residing in Edmonton, Treaty 6 Territory. They are a queer disabled Nehiyaw who's life work includes Full spectrum Indigenous birthwork, sexual & reproductive health education and land defence activ- ism and water protection. Pishew works with various parts of sexual and reproductive health. As a Full Spectrum Indigenous Birthworker, they support with miscarriage, abortion, adoption, and surrogacy. They work with LGTBQ youth, high-risk youth, and vulnerable populations. Pishew teaches sexual reproductive health through an organization called Native Youth Sexual Healing Network (NYSHN). They also work with the Indigenous Birth of Alberta. Start the video of Pihêsiw Cranes's interview with Fireside Chats. In the video, Pihêsiw Crane talks about their job working as a Full Spectrum Indigenous Birthworker and sexual and repro- ductive health educator. A Full Spectrum Indigenous Birthworker is also called a Doula in colonial terms. As a Full Spectrum Indigenous Birthworker, they support with miscarriage, abortion, adop- tion, and surrogacy. To debrief the video, ask the class the following questions: 1.What are the many dierent jobs that Pihêsiw does in the realm of Sexual and Reproduc- tive Health? 2.Why is Indigenous birthwork important? 3.Why does Pihêsiw say they love the work they do? APPLY: HEALTHY SELF/HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ANALYSIS Students will use their ideas from the activating activity as well as their new knowledge from Pihêsiw's interview to conduct a relationship analysis. Students will examine their own health using a Medicine Wheel graphic organizer. First, on the Medicine Wheel graphic organizer students will explore their level of health through the four parts of the self. The four parts of the self - according to Anishinaabe (and other Indige- nous nations)- are physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. The physical part of ourselves refers to our physical bodies. Our emotional part of ourselves refers to our emotions, feelings and relationships. The mental part of ourselves refers to our intellect and mental health. The spiritual part of ourselves refers to our spirituality, religion (if applicable) and soul. According to the Anishi- naabe worldview, each part of our being is interconnected. We need to make sure that each is healthy so that we are in balance. For example, sometimes when we are emotional and crying, we may get a stomach-ache or a headache. This shows that our emotions are connected to our physical being. To feel better we may smudge, pray, or meditate (spiritual). All of these aspects are interconnected and aect one another. Students will explore this concept and analyze how they keep each part of themselves healthy. For example, in the physical quadrant, they might write something like "I keep my body healthy by exercising and eating right". In the mental quadrant, they might write something like "I keep my mind healthy by completing my schoolwork as well as learning about mental health". In the emotional category they might write something like "I keep my emotions healthy by writing in a gratitude journal every day". Finally, the spiritual quadrant is the most dicult to explain, as spirit means dierent things to dierent people. An example is "I keep my spirit healthy by attending ceremony". Next, teachers will want to discuss with students the following topics. Make sure to write plenty of examples on the board for students to use later when they complete their own analysis. 1.What does healthy communication look like? Sound like? Feel like? 2.What does unhealthy communication look like? Sound like? Feel like?