Telling our stories in ways that make us stronger by Barb Wingard 1 As Indigenous people of this country, we have faced so many losses due to past and present injustice. Grief's presence has been with us for a long time. Now we are seeking ways of speaking about Grief that are consistent with our cultural ways of doing things. We are remembering those who have died, we are honouring Indigenous spiritual ways, and we are finding ways of grieving that bring us together. We are telling our stories in ways that make us stronger. Dealing with our grief, with all of the losses we have experienced, is not about moving on and forgetting. It's about remembering our people and bringing them with us wherever we go. I've lost a brother, my father, my grandmother too, but I believe that they're still with me. I carry a lot of their ways. I acknowledge them. We Aboriginal people have had too many losses. Sometimes it seems as if we are moving from one death to another. Our people just get so weary; at times it's too much to go to one more funeral. We simply have to find ways of grieving together because it's far too hard to do it on our own. I remember talking to a young Aboriginal man in Murray Bridge late last year. There have been so many deaths in his family and recently he's been diagnosed as having a mental illness. I met up with him