This section grounds the curriculum within a wholistic understanding of health, wellness, and balance from an Indigenous lens. It also outlines a connection between the key concepts of the Indigenous Wellness Framework to that of a wholistic caregiving approach. In Preparing for the Journey, the Indigenous Wellness Framework (National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation, 2014) is introduced which describes how the four aspects of self – the physical, the mental, the emotional, and the spiritual – need to be in balance to achieve health and wellness. The framework also outlines how connection and balance are needed at the individual, family, and community levels.