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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. – 1986
Three hearings held in Arizona, New Mexico, and South Dakota provide individual statements and panel presentations on problems, programs, and proposals for prevention, identification, treatment, and follow-up care of alcohol and drug abuse among American Indian juveniles. The majority of witnesses are members of Indian tribes in the three…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, American Indian Education
May, Philip A. – 1981
The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Project of the Indian Health Service was designed to identify existing cases of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome among the American Indian tribes (Navajo, Apache, Ute and 19 Pueblo Tribes) in the Southwest, establish a referral system to identify these children for treatment, estimate the prevalence of the problem, and work…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indians, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
PDF pending restorationSnyder, Lisa – 1992
This resource guide provides information on programs, publications, organizations, and other resources related to prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The purpose of this guide is to assist health care providers to comply with Indian Health Service (IHS) FAS goals and objectives. It gives examples of community approaches to FAS prevention,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, American Indian Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1985
The Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs met to receive testimony on a bill (S. 1298) to coordinate and expand services for the prevention, identification, and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse among Indian juveniles and a related bill (S. 1621) concerned with eligibility for attending Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools. Most testimony…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism
Zephier, Richard L.; Hedin, Charles – 1981
The paper reveals: alcoholism is the leading cause of death among Native people; Native Americans have a higher alcoholism rate than any other minority group in the country; 20 to 80% of a tribal population had drinking problems; these numbers involve men, women, children, and the unborn; and the trend is toward more alcoholism. The impact on…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, American Indians, Children
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
