Jenelle McArthur is of Nakoda and Dakota ancestry. She is a registered member of Ocean Man First Nation in Treaty 6 Territory. Jenelle lives life with her partner, Matthew and their 10 children. The ages of their children range from 23 years old to 2 years old. She lives with her family in Arcola, Sk. She also has a home in Regina, Sk. Her family lives true to the values of children being raised to be helpers. As well as being raised to honor the values of love and compassion. These family values are essential to the livelihood of herself, her partner and their children. She lives a life of respect and kindness towards one another. Kinship is most important to their family. Taking care of each other is what makes up the Nakota way of life. She does her best to role model that. She was taught to be giving, to be generous and to always share.

Jenelle is an approved Mental Health Therapist with Non-Insured Health Benefits and accredits her education to the First Nations University of Canada, Regina Campus. Reciprocity is a value of hers, therefore, she now teaches as a Sessional Lecturer within the Indigenous Social Work Program at the First Nations University. She also supports the Roots to Wellness Collaboratory Team, as the Connections Facilitator at the University of Regina, Education Department. Jenelle is an experienced Community-Based Researcher that utilizes an Indigenous Methodology. Currently, she is supporting research projects that focus on language revitalization, community needs assessments for wellness and health promotion, as well as reproductive justice within public health.

Jenelle is passionate about plant medicine healing for trauma treatment. She has spent the last 6 years exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness. She received an Indigenous Social Work Graduate Degree that focused on Psychedelic Assisted Therapy. She is passionate about blending cultural teachings of North America with the ancestral medicines of South America. She lives a prayerful way of life and believes that every day is a ceremony.

Jenelle acknowledges her helpers throughout her life journey. She is where she is today because of them. She acknowledges the helpers that came in the form of spiritual supports, therapists, Elders, ceremonies and all the beings that inhabit our Mother Earth. She acknowledges the prayers of her ancestors, the 4 legged, the winged ones and the swimmers. She acknowledges the sacredness of the elements (water, air, fire, wind) as they very much helped her along the way. It has been motivating for her to know that she can only take those as far as she had gone within this lifetime. She is inspired by knowing that we are all here to walk each other home.