Indigenous wellness balances the physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental quadrants of whole health. A comprehensive Continuum Framework guides federal, provincial, and territorial stakeholder efforts toward native wellness, supported by engaging indigenous communities. Historical culture, ways of knowing and language support strength-based approaches, alongside which relational structures-elders, families, communities, creation-play essential roles in native whole health. While responses to native addictions and mental issues are continued priorities, the overarching focus is to recognize the diasporic status of indigenous peoples, to improve native wellness, and to establish cross-cultural identity for all Canadians.
