
Nurturing Métis Youth Wellness: Kehtêyak Perspectives on Identity, Community, Spirituality, and Wholistic Connection
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https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v21i1.45615
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2025
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This research inquiry explores the wisdom of Métis kehtêyak (the one who knows) to understand their thoughts, experiences, and perceptions in promoting wellness for Métis youth. Grounded in Indigenous Research Methodologies, the researcher met with eight Métis kehtêyak throughout the province to gain a deeper understanding of Métis ways of being, knowing, and doing in relation to wellness. Four overarching wellness themes collectively emerged, emphasizing identity, community, spirituality, and wholism. These findings informed the development of the community organization’s Youth Life Promotion Project through participation in the project’s Youth Leadership Kinship Circle to co-create wellness videos for the life promotion modules. This research provides a summary of the work needed to address the gaps in Métis mental wellness and knowledge driven by Métis kehtêyak.

