Native American Archives

Q&A with Lea Wetzel, Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist and Trainer, Advocate, and Expert on Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

February 21, 2024

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Announcements,

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SAMHSA's GAINS Center,

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Q&A with Lea Wetzel, Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist and Trainer, Advocate, and Expert on Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
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Q&A with Lea Wetzel, Certified Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist and Trainer, Advocate, and Expert on Human Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

Lea Wetzel, Poonoakki (Elk Woman), is from the Blackfoot Confederacy and is a ...

American Indian and Alaskan Native Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Convening: Reflections and Takeaways

June 28, 2023

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PRA Work,

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Briela Tollisen,

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American Indian and Alaskan Native Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Convening: Reflections and Takeaways
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American Indian and Alaskan Native Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Convening: Reflections and Takeaways

Back in February, I had the incredible opportunity to travel with the Service ...

Q&A with Barbara Aragon, SAMHSA’s Tribal Training and TA Center, in Observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 17, 2022

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Announcements,

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SAMHSA's SMVF TA Center,

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Q&A with Barbara Aragon, SAMHSA’s Tribal Training and TA Center, in Observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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Q&A with Barbara Aragon, SAMHSA’s Tribal Training and TA Center, in Observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

In observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day this month, the Service Members, Veterans, and ...

Healing Old and New Wounds: Indigenous Mental Health, Culturally Responsive Treatment, and the Criminal Justice System

November 19, 2021

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Announcements,

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SAMHSA's GAINS Center,

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Healing Old and New Wounds: Indigenous Mental Health, Culturally Responsive Treatment, and the Criminal Justice System
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Healing 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

November 19, 2021

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Announcements,

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SAMHSA's GAINS Center,

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Q&A with Leandru Willie, Program Manager, Iron House Medicine Program, Native American Reentry Services
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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

September 22, 2021

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Announcements,

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SAMHSA's GAINS Center,

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Serving Indigenous People through Ceremony and Tradition
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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

March 23, 2021

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Announcements,

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SAMHSA's GAINS Center,

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Changing Lives—and the Justice Process—through Collaborative Tribe-County Treatment Courts
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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

February 10, 2021

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Announcements,

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SAMHSA's GAINS Center,

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Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Welcome Home Program: Using Native Practices to Promote Healing
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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

February 27, 2020

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Announcements,

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SAMHSA's GAINS Center,

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White Bison’s Wellbriety Programs
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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

December 1, 2017

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PRA Work,

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Pamela Root,

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Self-Determination and Traditional Healing
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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

July 16, 2014

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Announcements,

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Karli Keator,

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the John D. and Catherine ...

Tribal Justice Policy Academy

August 8, 2013

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PRA Work,

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Ashley Krider,

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Tribal Justice Policy Academy
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Tribal Justice Policy Academy

On May 21-24, I was able to attend and help facilitate our Tribal Justice ...