Many of my fellow Indigenous People, Native North American People, and other people groups that have been victims of oppression and injustice have struggles with the issue of trust. Our journey of life is filled with many aspects that cause mistrust or broken trust or no trust.

How do we recover from such a dilemma that truly does affect every aspect of our lives and weighs down our hearts? In fact, breaks our hearts.

With my upbringing, which included being a Sixties Scoop Survivor, I experienced certain relationships or lack of relationships that caused me not to trust certain people or situ...