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Reflecting on the Past <br />Before you finalize your values list there is an important discussion to share with one another. <br />Values are the current that carries the community through time. Knowing how your values have <br />worked in times of challenges can help you direct your path and protect your future. What is the <br />long history of challenges your community has experienced and what values have been most useful? <br />In a large group you might use the following questions to help guide your discussion. <br />Where do you come from? How long have you been <br />in this place? <br />What challenges have you faced? (For example, <br />natural disasters such as floods and storms, <br />epidemics) <br />In challenging times, how many people lived? How <br />many people died? How many were injured and how? <br />Are there places or objects in the village that help <br />you remember? <br />How did these events affect your community? What <br />community values were most important in these <br />times? Did the events change your values? <br />What celebrations does your community hold dear <br />from its past? Why? <br />Christina Aikcn, Barrow <br />YI <br />Al - <br />C F <br />4 <br />t - <br />r, <br />r.. <br />- ILI - <br />After discussing the above, ask the group the following questions and write down the answers. <br />• What values helped us in the past? <br />• What values helped things when times were hard? <br />Review the list. Put a star next to those historical values that seem to be the most important to how <br />you overcame the challenges in the past. <br />And the People Stand Still <br />The wind blows and the trees bend, <br />But the people stand still, <br />Surrounded by years of traveled roads, years of destruction, and gossip, <br />And the people stand still. <br />The mountains they change from green to gray <br />And the leaves change from green to brown, <br />And the people stand still. <br />The town is made from old and new <br />And the homes have came and went, <br />But through it all the people stand still, <br />Through the talking, through the storms, through the seasons of change <br />The people stand still, the people of Port Lions. <br />- Jacqueline Ann Seeger, Port Lions <br />16 Community Strategic Plan Guide and Form - A Straightfoward Way to Get What You Need <br />