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HEALING AND
MENTAL HEALTH
FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
Stepping Stones to the Seventh Generation
Acknowledging the strength and vibrancy of Native American people and nations today, this series
examines life in contemporary Native American communities from the point of view of Native
concerns and values. Books in the series cover topics that are of cultural and political importance to
tribal peoples and that affect their possibilities for survival, in both urban and rural communities.
SERIES EDITORS:
Troy Johnson
American Indian Studies
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840
[email protected]
Duane Champagne
Native Nations Law and Policy Center
292 Haines Hall, Box 951551
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551
[email protected]
BOOKS IN THE SERIES
1. Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability, Milton M. R. Freeman, Ingmar Egede, Lyudmila Bogoslovskaya,
Igor G. Krupnik, Richard A. Caulfield and Marc G. Stevenson (1999)
2. Contemporary Native American Political Issues, edited by Troy Johnson (1999)
3. Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues, edited by Duane Champagne (1999)
4. Modern Tribal Development: Paths to Self Sufficiency and Cultural Integrity in Indian Country, Dean Howard
Smith (2000)
5. American Indians and the Urban Experience, edited by Susan Lobo and Kurt Peters (2000)
6. Medicine Ways: Disease, Health, and Survival among Native Americans, edited by Clifford Trafzer and
Diane Weiner (2000)
7. Native American Studies in Higher Education: Models for Collaboration between Universities and Indigenous
Nations, edited by Duane Champagne and Jay Stauss (2002)
8. Spider Woman Walks This Land: Traditional Cultural Properties and the Navajo Nation, Kelli Carmean (2002)
9. Alaska Native Political Leadership and Higher Education: One University, Two Universes, Michael Jennings
(2004)
10. Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights: Legal Obstacles and Innovative Solutions, edited by Mary Riley (2004)
11. Healing and Mental Health for Native Americans: Speaking in Red, edited bv Ethan Nebelkopf and Mary
Phillips (2004)
12. Rachel’s Children, Lois Beardslee (2004)
13. Contemporary Education Issues in the Northern Cheyenne Indian Nation: The Role of Family, Community and
School in Educational Performance, Carol Ward (2004)
14. A Broken Flute, Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin (2004)
EDITORIAL BOARD
Jose Barreiro (Taino Nation Antilles), Cornell University; Russell Barsh, University of Lethbridge;
Brian Dippie, University of Victoria; Lee Francis (Pueblo), University of New Mexico; Carole
Goldberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Lorie Graham (Blackfeet), Harvard Law School;
Jennie Joe (Navajo), University of Arizona; Steven Leuthold, Syracuse University; Nancy Marie
Mithlo (Chiricahua Apache), Institute of American Indian Arts; J. Anthony Paredes, Florida State
University; Dennis Peck, University of Alabama; Luana Ross (Confederated Salish and Kootenai),
University of California, Davis
HEALING AND
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FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
Speaking in Red
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Healing and mental health for Native Americans : speaking in red / edited by Ethan
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p. cm. — (Contemporary Native American communities ; v. II)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7591-0606-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-759I-0607-X (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Indians of North America—Mental health. 2. Indians of North America—Health and
hygiene. 3. Indians of North America—Services for. I. Nebelkopf, Ethan. II. Phillips, Mary,
1972- III. Series.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
CHAPTER I
Introduction: Speaking in Red ETHAN NEBELKOPF AND MARY PHILLIPS I
Part I: Healing Substance Abuse 5
CHAPTER 2
The Historical Trauma Response among Natives and
Its Relationship to Substance Abuse:
A Lakota Illustration MARIA YELLOW HORSE BRAVE HEART 7
CHAPTER 3
Reducing Substance Abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native
Communities: The Healthy Nations Initiative TIM NOE, CANDACE FLEMING,
AND SPERO MANSON 19
CHAPTER 4
Substance Abuse Treatment at Friendship House:
Transformation and Culture YVONNE EDWARDS 33
vi CONTENTS
Part II: Innovations in Mental Health 43
CHAPTER 5
Urban Trails: A Holistic System of Care for Native Americans in the
San Francisco Bay Area ETHAN NEBELKOPF AND JANET KING 45
CHAPTER 6
Joining and Sustaining Yup’ik and Cup’ik Healing with Behavioral
Health Treatment PHOEBE A. mills 57
CHAPTER 7
Mandan and Hidatsa Families and Children: Surviving
Historical Assault SANDRA BEAUCHAMP 65
Part III: Building Healthy Communities 75
CHAPTER 8
Community Readiness: The Journey to Community Healing
PAMELA JUMPER-THURMAN, BARBARA A. PLESTED, RUTH W. EDWARDS, ROBERT FOLEY,
AND MARTHA BURNSIDE 77
CHAPTER 9
Mobilizing Communities to Reduce Substance Abuse in
Indian Country BERNARD H. ELLIS JR. 87
CHAPTER 10
Data Reconnaissance for Native Americans MARY PHILLIPS AND
SARAH NEBELKOPF 99
Part IV: Traditional Ceremonies and Healing 107
CHAPTER II
Perspectives on Traditional Health Practices LARRY MURILLO 109
CHAPTER 12
Healing the Kashaya Way OTIS PARRISH 117
