Native American Mental Health Advocacy

Thank you Jason Grayhawk and Spotted Bull Recovery for the cool t-shirt. Representing in CA at West Coast Recovery Centers Oceanside.

Thank you to my Native buddies for gifting me with this beautiful hat, it means the world to me. Aho.

1st Annual Overdose Awareness Walk - Rincon Reservation

O Great Spirit
Whose voice I hear in the winds,
and whose breath gives life to all the world.

Hear me! I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice.

Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.

I need strength
not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy-myself.
Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.

Mitakuye Oyasin
From "Listen to the Drum"
By Blackwolf Jones
Ojibwa-Chippewa

Scouts!

Be well.

Interconnection.

Zoom Meetings Monday thru Sunday!

TODAY!!!
Please join us for our daily online Native American Wellbriety 12 Step Meetings!

This meeting schedule is as follows:
MONDAY – SUNDAY at 11:00 AM PT/12:00 PM MDT/ 1:00 PM CT/ 2:00 PM ET
Meeting ID: 548-538-0164
PW:488-123
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5485380164…

During this meeting, you will have the opportunity to listen to others from around the world and share your experience, strength and hope. This unique meeting is held online at zoom.us and welcomes ALL recovery groups!

If you or someone you know might be interested in helping with chairing the meeting on a volunteer basis, please send us an email at [email protected] or call at 719-548-1000.

Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 30

"Bright days and dark days were both expressions of the
Great Mystery, and the Indian reveled in being close to the
Great Holiness."
-- Chief Luther Standing Bear, SIOUX

The Great Spirit created a world of harmony, a world of justice, a world that is interconnected, a balanced world that has positive and negative, this way and that way, up and down, man and woman, boy and girl, honest and dishonest, responsible and irresponsible, day and night. In other words, He created a polarity
system. Both sides are to be respected. Both sides or anything are sacred. We need to do good and we need to learn from our mistakes. We need to honor what takes place in the daytime and we need to honor what takes place in the nighttime. We learn
that we need to learn and we see what we are supposed to see by staying close to the Great Spirit.

We need to be talking to Him all the time, saying "Grandfather, what is it you want me to learn?"
Great Spirit, let me learn today that all things are sacred. Help me stay close to You, my Creator

Resilient Nation.

Meeting the community 'where they're at.'

A great SAMHSA article on how to understand the effects of Historical Trauma and Ethnocide.

Historical trauma is the cumulative, multigenerational, collective experience of emotional and psychological injury in communities and in descendants. One of the most familiar examples of historical trauma is that experienced by Native Americans.

SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation writes, “This population has been exposed to generations of violent colonization, assimilation policies, and general loss.” As a result, many Native American people, cultures, and traditions suffered over time.
https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/sma14-4866.pdf

Celebrate Recovery with some cool SWAG!

Check out the Native Recovery Store NOW.

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http://coyhispublishing.com

Coyhis Publishing – Wellbriety Wellbriety

Here is a National Resource for Native American Treatment Centers.

https://www.alltreatment.com/addiction-treatment-for-native-americans/

Native Pride

American Indian and Alaska Native (Native) people experience more traumatic events and are at higher risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder compared with the general population. We conducted in-depth interviews with six Native healers about their perspectives on traumatic injury and healing. We analyzed the interviews using an inductive approach to identify common themes. We categorized these themes into four categories: causes and consequences of traumatic injury, risk factors, protective factors, and barriers to care.

“Our Culture Is Medicine”: Perspectives of Native Healers on Posttrauma Recovery Among American Indian and Alaska Native Patients American Indian and Alaska Native (Native) people experience more traumatic events and are at higher risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder compared with the general population. We conducted in-depth interviews with six Native healers about ...

The Wellbriety Movement has created the “Wellbriety Heart.” This heart has the power of the four directions. Whoever wears it tells the world they love the children from the four directions as their own. It tells the world this wearer does not believe in four races; rather, that we are all relatives of the human race. The honor of one is the honor of all, the hurt of one is the hurt of all. The Wellbriety Heart is the key to the Recovery Movement. The person with the “Wellbriety Heart” cannot hide. When you have it, you become very noticeable and visible. You are like a fire at night time. People with Wellbriety Hearts exist among the Red, Yellow, Black, and White. When you have the “Heart Light,” the Creator shines the light through you.

https://whitebison.org

White Bison, Inc., is an American Indian/Alaska Native non-profit charitable organization operating under the provisions of 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Through White Bison, it's Founder and President Don Coyhis, Mohican Nation, has offered healing resources to Native America since 1988. White Bison offers sobriety, recovery, addictions prevention, and wellness/Wellbriety learning resources to the Native American/Alaska Native community nationwide. Many non-Native people also use White Bison's healing resource products, attend its learning circles, and volunteer their services. White Bison is a NAADAC approved provider ( #64009) and a Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Member #11364.

https://wellbriety.com

Red Coud.

Spiritual Warrior.

"Time and again our Elders have said that the 12 Steps of AA are just the same as the principles that our ancestors lived by, with only one change. When we place the 12 Steps in a circle then they come into alignment with the circle teachings that we know from many of our tribal ways. When we think of them in a circle and use them a little differently, then the words will be more familiar to us. This book is about a Red Road, Medicine Wheel Journey to Wellbriety - to become sober and well in a Native American cultural way."

http://www.coyhispublishing.com/store.php/products/red-road-to-wellbriety

The Red Road to Wellbriety in the Native American Way | Coyhis Publishing Inc. A sobriety, recovery and wellness book especially for Native Americans, written by Native Americans. This new resource follows the teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel and 12 Step Tradition. | Coyhis Publishing Inc.

10 Acre Range.

10 Acre Ranch is a residential and extended care addiction treatment center located in beautiful Southern California. For over 25 years we have been showing men & women a new way of life through effective drug rehab using many forms of drug & alcohol treatment.

Sacred Grounds was created to help our Native American and Alaskan Native brothers and sisters explore culturally informed strategies for understanding how intergenerational trauma and unresolved grief play a significant role in substance abuse and other underlying issues affecting Native American and Alaskan Native communities today.

https://10acreranch.org/programs/sacred-grounds-native-american/

Native American Treatment Program - 10 Acre Ranch 10 Acre Ranch has created the Sacred Grounds Program, to offer effective addiction treatment for the Native American community.

American Indian Changing Spirits - Yawa' Award Recipient

American Indian Changing Spirits is a male and female residential treatment facility, providing culturally appropriate services. A Non-profit treatment center that does not discriminate or deny services based on race, ethnic background, religion, sexual orientation, and/or national origin.

American Indian Changing Spirits - Yawa' Award Recipient American Indian Changing Spirits provides alcohol and drug education and one on one counseling in an atmosphere grounded in cultural awareness to make a prov...

All life in Connected.

Mitakuye Oyasin

MIIYU AND WELCOME

The Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians and our ancestors have lived in the Pauma Valley and the surrounding area since time immemorial. Our ancestors are buried here, we raise our children here, and this is where our future generations will continue to live and prosper.

Home | Pauma Tribe MIIYU AND WELCOME The Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians and our ancestors have lived in the Pauma Valley and surrounding area since time immemorial. Our ancestors are buried here, we raise our children here, and this is where our future generations will continue to live and prosper. Upcoming COVID-19 T...

The effects of Historical Trauma on the Health of Native Americans.

Largest Tribal Nation in SoCal

San Diego American Indian Health Center

The Behavioral Health Department provides confidential outpatient therapy for individuals, couples, and families. Our Behavioral Health Department is dedicated to using a culturally-informed approach and fully integrating services with our medical and dental departments, providing comprehensive whole-person care. The clinicians in Behavioral Health represent a variety of clinical disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, social, and substance abuse services. Our providers offer our clients a richly diverse therapeutic and healing environment that is spiritually and culturally relevant. Behavioral Health clinicians are sensitive towards the cultural perspective and diversity of each Native American client.

Common issues people seek counseling for include:

Personal and emotional issues
Alcohol and drug problems
Family and relationship issues
School and work problems

Behavioral Health - San Diego American Indian Health Center The Behavioral Health Department provides confidential outpatient therapy for individuals, couples, and families using a culturally informed approach.