In a healthy environment, our community members can experience a sense of unity and purpose.

This photo was taken right in front of the zoo at sunset. I liked this photo because it brought me happiness to see.

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountains and sea are excellent school masters and teach us more than we can ever learn from books.

Going up in the mountains helps my healing journey by opening up my mind and clearing it. It also helps me by not thinking about the things that stress me out.

The fishing life

This rose helps my personal healing because it ties me to family members that I have lost and never met. It makes me feel closer to them.

A healing relationship in my life is my chosen family. They have showed me what a normal home should feel like, no fighting, just care and love. They help me to be the best person I can be.

Things grow out of control from time to time but also can be manipulated to your advantage.

This photo is personal healing for me because I have always been around being active and getting my body in shape and having a good time while walking. Sometimes I will do community help by picking up trash along my walks and at the end of my walk I will be at a sweat lodge with my aunties and sometimes there will be dances going on. When I am walking I am feeling that good medicine, the good health of my body as I am having my personal healing. Walking around in my community helps a lot.

Connecting with nature can be beneficial to all types of health in your life. For example, I was feeling overwhelmed and took a trip to the Redwoods to clear my head.

Going to the beath calms me down. The sun brightens my day. I connect with nature when I am at the beach.

This bad looking SpongeBob is my healing. How? Well, it's part of a bouncy castle and this bouncy castle was at my friends house. This represents my friends. They help me heal and be happy in my life. My friends help me with my healing journey and process. I Love my friends and family. If they weren't here, my mental health would be nothing without them.

I never aspired to be a rose... and I am not JUST a dandelion. Dandelions are survivors... they thrive and grow in places they aren't encouraged to. In many cultures, dandelions are a reminder that people can endure almost any condition and overcome hardship by standing strong.

The woods is my happy place, it's healing for me and peaceful to look at.

I took this picture because it's a beacon of hope and a symbol of the power of language to unite and empower us. Our upcoming learners are the future caretakers of the Hupa language and culture.

This photo represents a personal healing journey in my life. It is important to step away from the stresses of life to allow yourself to see the beautiful things around you and ahead of you.

Can you feel the rain falling down the faces of the ones who love you?

The mountains are my healing place. Also, they can be a great setting for meaningful family time.

A healing relationship in my life is being out in the mountains, being connected with our land, and seeing how beautiful it really is.

25% of California's State population (approx 11 million people) live in High risk fire areas. Prescribed burns were a traditional practice Indigenous people did for land management. Land back would give us legal rights to continue this practice to stop wildfire devastations like The Shelly fire and The Hills fire. The smoke that comes from these fires makes its way towards Hoopa and sits in the valley, making it hard to be outside and do activities in the summer, like swimming, gathering, family gathering, and other healthy activities. As well as many other issues that come with native people not having control or rights to their ancestral territory, which in turn takes away how we are people stayed healthy. A symptom of why generational trauma is continued to be passed down.

I remember the warm sun in the clear and vivid blue sky beaming down on my saturated body; the equally warm breeze rustled through the leaves on the trees above and around me. The cold, clear ice water pours loudly downstream, masking all surrounding sound in its roar. I stand on the tips of my toes, yet grounded, eternally, as if I were always there. Like a rock, anchored to the gravel at the bottom of the creek bed; indelible and resistant to the powerful surge of water. Looking down at the glass waters, I see a reflection. Her face, so familiar and comforting, like a whisper of the past echoing through time. Her eyes, sparkling with curiosity, seem to hold the dreams and wonder of youth; dreams that I used to chase. I reach out, fingertips brushing the surface, sending ripples through her image. With each undulation, she grows older, aging beautifully. I notice the same features in her face, though this time she's older. Her eyes, deep and knowing, now appear to hold the stories of generations. She is a reminder of the ties this place has to my soul, and that I will return to its beauty again and again to heal my trauma, until my energy is returned to the soil from which I came.

There's a crab hiding under a rock. He's hiding for his safety and comfortability like me.

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in getting through life that I forget to appreciate just how beautiful our reality really is. I appreciate the ability to be able to experience anything at all, even if it's negative. The probability of our worlds existence is very small, yet we are here and we are living. So many rare occurrences had to occur in order to lead to our existence. we are all miracles.

It's very beautiful and calming. When I look above it shines bright like a star. The big tree lives in nature.

Sometimes in life it's gonna be rocky but you got to look at the brighter side and what's over the rocky spot.

A place on my healing journey has to be the Stone Lagoon. I only visited the two times, yet I feel relaxed and comfortable. The coast was something I never really visit yet live near. Overall, I've been wanting to visit more places instead of staying home.

The setting sun, a reminder of a new day coming. A fresh start for our minds, bodies, and hearts.

The hard work from helping will show, whether it is small, big, words, or even in action, all the hard work will feel worth all the sweat and tears.

A healing relationship in my life is my family. This is a picture of me watching the sunset on my older cousin's truck on the back tailgate with my sister. Watching the sunset makes me very peaceful minded.

A place on my healing journey is getting a deeper connection to the Earth. me seeing people's ways of healing has inspired me to find my own.

Among hundreds of people we all have something thing in common - music is a universal language in which we can find a connection within ourselves and one another.

My picture is of the pipe creek spot. A location I personally find very calming and peaceful. The perfect spot for socializing and swimming.

I believe butterflies hold the spirit of our lost loved ones. Every little thing in nature is beautiful and meaningful.

By immersing myself in nature and my culture, I have learned so much about myself and it's become a healing relationship in my life. In the process of reconnecting with my ancestral roots, I have obtained a sense of belonging after a disconnection from my culture.

I witness healing in our community by burning root, we use the smoke to cleanse ourselves and the spaces around us. The smoke carries our prayers up to creator. Believing in a higher power to help you through this walk of life is healing and essential.

This is a representation of my adventures with my dog and even though it's simple; it is important to me and shows my appreciation for life.

Glacier national park looking towards a beautiful river. I felt at peace with no stress and a boosted mood. My appreciation and love for nature brings me to a peaceful environment and gives me a fresh perspective.

This photo is a representation of cultural identity. Cultural identity is how I see healing in my community. While at ceremony or in a ceremonial mindset, there is so much positive energy and love that can make all of your doubts and stresses feel non existent. Ceremony is also not a place where substances are accepted, and many people enjoy being at ceremonies instead of choosing substances.