Abstract Grounded within Peace and Conflict Studies, this study examines the colonial violence and genocide against St. Theresa Point First Nation children and families and the peacebuilding options that can be found through the knowledge of some of their Okimimaak (Grandmothers). After generations of loss of losing children and grandchildren to the colonial Indian Residential Schools and the child welfare system, the goal of this research is to provide an opportunity for Okimimaak to voice their knowledge through Indigenous and participatory research supported by a document review of the applicable aspects of the relevant laws in relation to and contrast with how their grandchildren can be raised safely and healthy within their Anishininew ways. Okimimaak wisdom articulates how their traditional forms of caring for children can be a peacebuilding alternative to the structurally and culturally violent Child and Family Services system which has touched every family through loss of children, fear of it oppressing their lives, and its impact on parenting. Through Okimimaak lives of resistance, resurgence, and resilience, an example of Anishininew peacebuilding is identified. The wisdom shared from Okimimaak with this researcher is honoured as valid in its own right, and then placed in context with the researcher’s theoretical foundations, professional experiences, and a document review of Canada’s Indian Act (1876), Manitoba’s Child and Family Services Act (1997) and Canada’s An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (2020). This presentation of their wisdom can be an initial step forward to a larger integrated interpretation of the Okimimaak experiences within Peace and Conflict Studies and the wider academic realm.