Normalize suicidality in Indian Country.

Destigmatize mental health issues in Tribal communities.

Promote a culture of empathy and compassion for those that struggle.

Celebrate Indigenous reciprocity by highlighting cultural protective factors.

Teach and relearn ancestral languages.

Foster community actualization - reconnecting with our natural communities, including human and non-human (animals, plants, landscape).

Diffuse shame and moral injuries.

Promote formal and traditional healing practices (sweat lodge, fasting, and other traditional medicines).

Integrate spiritual and ceremonial belief structures into treatment approaches.

Offer individual and group counseling sessions utilizing evidence-based therapies which are effective in addressing suicidality.

Promote assessment techniques and interventions that elicit protective factors and a resilient spirit.

Administer assessment instruments that screen for strengths, character assets, and benevolent experience to depathologize suicidal distress.

Advocate for strengths based assessment and intervention approaches to be used in conjunction with cultural healing mechanisms.

Foster opportunities for at-risk age groups to connect and develop a sense of belonging through creative expression and healthy outlets (creating music and art).

Reduce isolation while fostering interconnectedness by establishing a DIY music scene in Indigenous communities (live shows, artist engagement, creative spaces).

Promote the healing potential of heavy music (including metal and hardcore) and amplify the coping mechanisms embedded within chaotic/aggressive styles of music.

Increase awareness regarding the potential for the healthy expression/processing of difficult emotional material through heavy music.

Validate and affirm the belief systems, identities, and cathartic experiences of those in Indian Country interested in fringe art/music styles.

Develop avenues for at-risk age groups to reconnect with natural landscapes through outdoor activities.

Generate hope and meaning through new and accessible opportunities to have fun.

Establish internship programs and career development opportunities for adolescents within each department at Fire in the Mountains festival.

Promote strengths-based assessment and intervention techniques which are culturally inclusive and client centered.

Develop learning opportunities for clinicians which focus on evidence based therapies (DBT, TF-CBT, Brief CBT for suicidal individuals, etc.).

Support development opportunities for Indigenous practitioners in accessing professional, clinical coursework while increasing skills and knowledge base.

Anchor clinical approaches in culturally competent methods when exploring intersectionality.

Develop structured systems of support and networks of care for survivors of sudden/traumatic losses.

Offer stability, belongingness, and connectivity to grievers.

Generate targeted healing opportunities and meaningful connection for suicide bereaved individuals at Fire in the Mountains festival.

Honor loved ones and celebrate life - foster new relationships and connections with deceased.

Increase hope by facilitating meaningful peer-based support.

Gather, connect, and remember. Share with others that have experienced similar losses.