ᓇᓂᓯᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᕋᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᒍᑎᓂᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᑦᑖᖑᓂᕐᓴᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓚᕆᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᓲᖑᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᑐᓪᓚᑦᑖᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᓅᕐᓯᒥᒃ ᓴᐱᓕᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᙱᓂᕐᒥᒃ; ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑭᐱᓯᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓗᔾᔭᐅᓪᓚᕆᓲᖅ ᑲᔪᓯᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᒐᑎᒃ, ᐃᔪᕆᐊᕐᐸᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᖃᕐᐸᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦ, ᐃᓚᒌᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᓇᖅᑐᒦᒍᑎᖃᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑭᐱᓯᒍᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓄᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐃᓚᖃᓲᖅ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᓕᐊᖑᕙᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᑎᓕᐅᕈᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᑎᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ−ᐃᓅᓯᕆᕙᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
Life promotion activities are most successful in an Indigenous context when they are conceptualized and implemented by community members and community-based organizations. This is not to say that workers from outside the community cannot have a hand in developing and delivering programming; rather, strategies and final decisions on what is appropriate should be informed by relevant cultural practices (Centre for Suicide Prevention).
ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐆᑦᑑᑏᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᒪᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ:
ᓇᓪᓕᐊᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔭᕇᖅᑲᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ? ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕋᔅᓴᖅᑕᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑲ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᑦ?