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Wood, Blaine – Winds of Change, 1998
Describes the spiritual transformation of an Idaho State Penitentiary Cherokee inmate who worked with an Indian elder and an Alcoholics Anonymous elder to utilize the interrelated teachings of the American Indian Medicine Wheel (the East, new beginnings) and the first three steps (honesty, hope, and faith) of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Cherokee (Tribe)
Peer reviewedJim, Rex Lee, Ed.; And Others – Journal of Navajo Education, 1996
Four hataalii (Navajo medicine men) discuss why they chose and how they studied their profession, how ceremonies correct spiritual imbalance, why ceremonies cannot be done for non-Indians (differences in Navajo and non-Navajo belief systems), and how the Native American Church was founded to allow legal use of peyote and was commercialized by…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Ceremonies
Peer reviewedLowery, Christine T. – Health & Social Work, 1998
Components of healing are spiritual, relational, and intergenerational. This narrative report reaches beyond an intellectual understanding for a "healing spirit" for American Indian women in recovery. Four intersecting circles of spiritual and cultural understanding speak to balance and wellness, the colonization experience and addiction…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indians
McIntosh, Billie Jane – 1986
The unemployment rate for Native Americans is 49% nationwide and 54% in Arizona. The Job Training Partnership Act (JPTA) program at the Phoenix Indian Center trains Native American adults to enter the urban work force. The Center offers work orientation programs, individual counseling, and work experience programs. The majority of the participants…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, Cross Cultural Training, Drug Abuse
Download full textSage, Grace Powless – 2001
Those who come from non-American Indian cultures have dominated traditional models for healing and prevention. The assumption that current training strategies, program manuals, and levels of competence with regard to cross-cultural skills and knowledge are sufficient is arguable. If training programs for mental health, physical health, and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Community Cooperation
Peer reviewedHorejsi, Charles; And Others – Child Welfare, 1992
Explains characteristics and behaviors of Native American parents who react to child protection services with extreme aggressiveness, passivity, or avoidance. Discusses appropriate behaviors for social workers to use with such parents. (BG)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, Boarding Schools
Monroe, Mark; Reyer, Carolyn, Ed. – 1994
In his autobiography, Mark Monroe relates his life experiences as a Lakota Sioux Indian in White America. The book begins with Monroe reminiscing about his happy childhood on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. In 1941 his family moved to Alliance, Nebraska, and his father Dakota. In 1941 his family moved to Alliance, Nebraska, and his father…
Descriptors: Activism, Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Curley, Georgia – 1984
On the Northern Cheyenne Reservation--where the alcoholism rate for Cheyenne persons 14 years and older is approximately 80%--there are numerous resources available to the recovering alcoholic, but children in alcoholic families are sometimes forgotten. There is a need for preventive programs to insure that today's children do not become the next…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
