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FRANCES CHARLES | Healing Women Heals Mother Earth
2025/4/16
Young & Indigenous
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Frances Charles
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Santana Rabang
Frances Charles: 我是Lower Elwha Klallam部落的主席，我的童年在紧密团结的社区中度过，充满欢乐和共享。在林务局工作13年，让我更加了解环境保护的重要性，也让我在处理部落事务时更加成熟。我们成功拆除了埃尔瓦大坝，实现了部落几代人的梦想，这不仅解放了河流，也解放了我们内心的压抑。在处理祖先遗址问题时，我们经历了痛苦、愤怒和怨恨，但也得到了彼此的支持和鼓励。倾听长者们讲述他们的创伤经历，并帮助他们处理这些创伤，是一项重要的工作。作为女性领袖，我需要随时待命，这使得自我照顾变得非常困难。丈夫的病情让我意识到，我需要更多地关注自己的身心健康。为了照顾好自己，我会去海边或河边净化心灵，进行精神上的疗愈。我鼓励年轻人要为自己的身份感到自豪，并寻求帮助。面对批评和质疑，最好的方法是不参与其中，而是选择倾听并走开。我们需要直面过去的创伤，并通过对话和交流来治愈创伤。我们需要为遭受性侵犯的女性提供支持和帮助，并鼓励她们勇敢地站出来。分享我们的故事，能够帮助他人打开心扉，并勇敢地面对挑战。我们需要创造一个安全和舒适的环境，让更多人能够勇敢地表达自己的感受。
Santana Rabang: 分享个人故事能够帮助他人打开心扉，即使他们现在无法做到。Frances Charles是一位强大的女性领袖，致力于环境保护和文化传承。关注女性在基层运动中的领导作用，以及她们如何兼顾自我照顾和高水平的倡导工作。自我关爱对于倡导者来说至关重要，它与为之奋斗的事业同等重要。我从许多女性身上汲取力量，她们是我的精神导师，让我感到充满力量。许多年轻人面临着来自同族人的不支持，这导致了高自杀率。我们需要更多地互相支持和关爱，特别是对年轻人。我希望能够创造安全的空间，让更多人能够自由地表达自己。脆弱的力量在于能够完全表达自我，并与他人产生共鸣。在谈判过程中，需要保持坚强，并控制情绪表达。即使很晚才开始学习传统文化，也不应该感到气馁。我鼓励年轻人参与传统文化活动，并为自己的身份感到自豪。女性需要认识到自身的优势和劣势，并克服障碍，勇敢地面对挑战。
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Santana Rabang: 'I am a daughter, an auntie, student activist, and proud canoe paddler. I'm so happy to be joined here today by Frances Charles, who is a proud member of the Lower Elwha Kuala Lumpur Tribe. She has served as chairwoman for over two decades. She is a dedicated advocate for dam removal, salmon restoration, and the protection of Mother Earth and traditional homelands.'
Santana Rabang: 'Healing Woman Heals Mother Earth is a podcast series highlighting women's leadership within grassroots movements, but most importantly, how they take care of themselves while being involved in high-level advocacy work.'
Santana Rabang: 'It's important we talk about how self-care is essential to being an advocate. While the movements we fight for are important, so is our mental health and well-being as women.'
Frances Charles: 'I'm Frances Charles, tribal chair for the Larowa K'lalum tribe. I'm a mother, a grandmother, and really care, love and respect for our communities as well as the surrounding community. I live in Port Angeles here with the K'lalum Nations for 65 years now. In regards to working with our people, working with our elders, our veterans and our youth,'
Frances Charles: 'Community was pretty tight. I think in the younger days, I recall, we would have picnics on the beach down there. A lot of people would be at the lake swimming in the summer times. Everybody would be watching one another swimming.'
Frances Charles: 'It was just a joyful time to be with one another through that process.'
Frances Charles: 'Then I would fish. I mean, I did a lot of fishing in the Elwha River, out in the ocean, Hood Canal. I really loved it out there and had a lot of fun. We would go back and laugh about how...'
Deep Dive
Frances Charles reminisces about her childhood, filled with community gatherings, fishing, and outdoor adventures. She highlights the abundance of natural resources and the strong sense of community that characterized her upbringing. The close-knit community and the richness of nature are emphasized.
- Close-knit community with abundant natural resources
- Joyful gatherings and outdoor activities like fishing and berry picking
- Strong connection to nature and traditional ways of life
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