Colin Naytowhow, a founder of the Okhitcitawak Patrol Group, wants to restart patrols in the core neighbourhoods later this year.
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“Can culture and Western practices work together? Yes. But it has to be done from a cultural lens when you’re working with Indigenous people.”Article content/The group was responding to requests for mental health and wellness check-ins in the community before it was a non-profit, and providing supports with a cultural component to people experiencing domestic violence.
“There’s a lot of red tape coming as a non-profit and it was just overlapping to a point where we couldn’t practise who we were within the organization, which was really intended for culture to be the forefront.”Article content Originally formed in response to incidents of predatory behaviour in Pleasant Hill, OPG brought together passionate grassroots volunteers who patrolled the neighbourhood and did their best to instil a sense of safety, McBride said.
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