" The following report is one of 13 case studies being conducted for the impact evaluation of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF). The case studies were selected to include representation from a variety of project types and targets (Appendix 1). This case study covers the project types and targets for Métis, rural, west, and materials development.

The project addressed here is the Willow Bunch Healing Project delivered by the Willow Bunch Métis Local #17 of Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan (AHF-funded project #1176-SK). The primary purpose of the project is to, “Give a positive awareness of history of the Willow Bunch Métis to the community ... [and] increase pride in being Métis.”1 The report will describe Willow Bunch, the Métis and non-Aboriginal communities within, the project’s service delivery, team characteristics, and what it hopes to achieve in the short and long term. The report will also focus on changes in individual participants, the most prominent changes in the community, and how those changes were measured. AHF board-requested indicators of change (physical abuse, sexual abuse, incarceration rates, suicide, and children in care) were not collected in this case because they were insufficiently sensitive to the recognized needs and desired outcomes of the Métis community of Willow Bunch.” (Case Study Report: Willow Bunch Healing Project, page 1).