This two-page brief focuses on the concept of cultural connectedness, what steps service providers can take to ensure Native youth have the best chance of benefiting from this connection, and also how to measure this feeling. Resource Link:...
“For many reasons, research is slow to catch up with what Native elders have been telling health workers for decades: ‘our culture is our treatment’. Growing research is showing more and more support for this adage, which means as prevention specialists, we need to be...
“Many of our cultures have cues built in that are designed to connect us to each other and the natural world around us. We are taught from a young age to use them in everyday life both for safety and learning new skills. Our cultures are visual and use many cues...
Latest Census estimates show disproportionate poverty among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and the overall AIAN population. “This is the first time the Census has included poverty estimates for the AIAN population in its report on poverty in...
“The dramatic overrepresentation of Indigenous families in North American governmental child welfare systems remains one of the most pressing and neglected issues facing Tribal Nations, child welfare policymakers and practitioners today. This paper is the third...
Through these recorded webinars, presenters share their experiences around tribes in New Mexico coming together to address child welfare, the development of a state-tribal office, and most recently, ICWA higher standards which were enacted on July 1,...
The Center for Tribes highlights what tribal communities have long known and practiced – that culture is prevention and that Native youth are strengthened when cultural connections are nurtured. The 15+ resources highlighted within this document expand on...
The U.S. Department of the Interior released this Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report on May 11, 2022. This initiative aimed to identify the locations of Federal boarding school facilities, the names and tribal affiliations of the children...
“The purpose of this brief is to provide practice-based, contextually relevant strategies that fatherhood programs serving AIAN fathers can use to support their healthy coparenting and romantic relationships.” Resource Link:...
