In observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day this month, the Service Members, Veterans, and ...
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rssHealing Old and New Wounds: Indigenous Mental Health, Culturally Responsive Treatment, and the Criminal Justice System
By Raquel Anakalea, JD, Bishop Paiute and Kanaka Maoli November is Native American ...
Q&A with Leandru Willie, Program Manager, Iron House Medicine Program, Native American Reentry Services
After being incarcerated, you decided to join the Native American Reentry Services (NARS) HEAL ...
Serving Indigenous People through Ceremony and Tradition
“Ceremony is life,” says Winona Stevens, M.S.W., founder and executive director of Native American ...
Changing Lives—and the Justice Process—through Collaborative Tribe-County Treatment Courts
Cass County (Minnesota) District Court Judge John Smith first approached Leech Lake Band of ...
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Welcome Home Program: Using Native Practices to Promote Healing
“Renewed hearts.” “Renewed lives.” “A future filled with hope.” These are the bywords of ...
White Bison’s Wellbriety Programs
Significant public health problems among America’s Native American population, including higher rates of substance use ...
Self-Determination and Traditional Healing
In August, I attended the 2017 American Indian Alaska Native Behavioral Health Conference in ...
Early Diversion for Justice-Involved American Indian Youth
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the John D. and Catherine ...
Tribal Justice Policy Academy
On May 21-24, I was able to attend and help facilitate our Tribal Justice ...
Sequential Intercept Mapping in a Tribal Community: Bridging Tribal and Non-Tribal Systems to Identify and Divert Tribal Members and Increase Cultural Competency
As a result of the 2012 SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) solicitation, ...