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Indigenous Services
HRIC Phone: 905-548-9593 Email: contacthric.ca Fax: 905-545-4077
HRIC Drop-in Program 407 King Street West, Hamilton, ON
Email: HDICP@hric.ca
De dwa da Dehs nyes Aboriginal Health Centre-Hamilton
Phone: 905-544-4320 ext. 555 for Mental Health & Addictions
Native Women's Centre of Hamilton
Phone: 905-664-1114 or Toll Free: 1-888-308-6559
Main Stream Services
Alcohol Drug & Gambling Services (ADGS) Info.: 905-546-3607
Intake: 905-546-3606 option 3
Woman Kind Addiction Service
Withdrawal Management/Telephone Support 905-545-9100
Treatment Programs 905-521-9591 ext.237
Addiction Supportive Housing 905-521-9591 ext. 234
Aftercare Supports 905-521-9591 ext.240
Men's Addiction Services Hamilton
595 Main Street East, Hamilton, ON (just East of Sanford Avenue South)
Phone: 905-527-9264 Call day or night
Ontario Addiction Treatment Centre-Hamilton
397 Main Street East, Hamilton, ON L8N 1J1
Phone: 905-528-9889 Fax: 905-528-9187
The Four Sacred Medicines
Tobacco
Tobacco is our sacred medicine of the East. It
was the first of all the medicines given to us by the Creator. Tobacco is used as an offering with our prayers and it is offered to Creation before we take anything from it.
Sage is our sacred medicine which comes from the West. Sage is a purifier and it s used for cleanings spaces, sacred items and our homes of unwanted energies. Sage is recognized as the woman's medicine and is used in preparing people for ceremonies by burning sage and smudging with sage we are washing away our troubling thoughts along with negative energy.
Sweetgrass is our sacred medicine of the South. Sweetgrass represents the hair of Mother Earth. When the sweetgrass strands are braided they symbolize the interconnectedness of our mind, body and spirit. Sweetgrass is used to smudge and purifying our mind, body, and spirit it is also used in cultural arts, basket making and quill boxes. When burned sweetgrass omits a sweet smelling scent.
Cedar is our sacred medicine that comes from the North. Cedar is a protection medicine. People hang cedar above their main entrance or place cedar in their shoe to ward off negative energies. It is used in ceremonies such as fasting, sweatlodge and cedar baths. Cedar's medicinal properties make it widely used for making tea in the recouperation process of becoming ill.