Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Strategic Prevention Framework, Tribal Incentive Grant # 5U79SP015620-05

Learning Objectives

• Discuss how to develop a Coalition that

focuses on Native American issues.

• Discuss how to build relationships within

diverse Native communities

• Participants will be able to implement

strategies using Cultural Competency

• How to use Culture Is Prevention as a

protective factor

Develop a Coalition that focuses on Native American issues

First things first…

1.

Identify the priority drug problem in your Native community

Southwest Oklahoma Underage Drinking and Prescription Drug Abuse/Misuse 2.

Identify key stakeholders with the same common goal

Elders ~ Parents ~ Community Members

Indian Health Services Behavioral Health Department

Area Native American clubs within the public schools

Johnson O’Malley and Title VII Directors and Tutors

Tribal, City, and County Law Enforcement

Tribal Leaders and Departments

Existing coalitions 3.

Setup a Meeting

Schedule your meeting time that best suits your stakeholders

Provide a meeting space that is familiar to your Native audience

Give advanced notice with friendly reminders of meeting date and time

Use Sign-In sheets with name, number, and email address of attendees for future meetings

Building relationships within diverse Native communities

Bridge the Gap Know the People

• a. Family structure in Native home

Kinship terms are different

Greetings differ by gender

Understanding gender roles

• b. Historical trauma

Understand the effects

c.

Strengths and Resiliency of Native Culture

Language

Traditions

Ceremonies

Implement strategies using Cultural Competency

Be Interconnected

• 1. One Moccasin does not fit all

Develop strategies that fit your community

Current prevention strategies are not always culturally appropriate

Test your strategy

• 2. Use your resources

First talk to Tribal Leaders, Elders and Youth

One on one or Focus Groups

Prioritize tribal communities needs

• 3. There is limited research for native

prevention

Culture Is Prevention as a protective factor

Native American Culture is Prevention

• 1. There is a cultural renewal

movement in Indian country

• 2. Reconnecting native youth with

traditions

• 3. Connecting the generations by

revitalizing the language

• 4. Strengthen pro-social protective

factors with heritage

• 5. Build peer relationships with

cultural classes

• 6. Elders reinforce traditions by

storytelling

Youth Focused Prevention Posters

School Supplies as Prevention Tools

Folders Front Cover: Youth Artwork; Inside: SAMHSA myths & facts; Back: Resource Wheel

• SAMHSA Myths & Facts placed on

the inside cover of all notebooks.

• Underage Drinking myths &

facts

• Prescription Drug information
• Resource Wheel with teen hotline

numbers on the back cover.

• Suicide Hotline
• National Teen Dating Abuse

Hotline

• National Runaway Switchboard

IAMNDN Youth Council is represented on and off school sites

• Officers
• Monthly meetings
• Plan prevention activities
• Be of service to the

community

• Attend conferences

Introduce Culture as Prevention with Cultural Classes

• Drum Group
• Bustle Making
• Language and Hymn
• Teepee Class
• IAMNDN Powwow Club
• Fan Making
• Cloth Dress Making
• Gourd Class

Language & Hymn Signing

1st Place @ Native Language Competition in Norman, OK

Christmas Carols in Comanche @ Assisted Living Center Thanksgiving sang Hymns at Elders Homes in Community

Teepee Class

IAMNDN Powwow Club

Social Media:

The key to reaching youth

• Facebook: IAMNDN
• You Tube: iamndn
• Twitter:

@IAMNDNCommunity

• Instagram: @iamndn
• Website:

www.IAMNDN.org

IAMNDN

Accomplishments:

• Featured on SAMHSA Website for Culture is Prevention

(Winter 2015), & Presented Media Campaign at PFS New Grantee meeting in Bethesda, MD

• Oklahoma Drug & Alcohol Professional Counselor

Association (ODAPCA) selected Comanche Nation Prevention & Recovery Center’s IAMNDN as the Prevention Program of the year for the State of Oklahoma

• Received Partnership For Success 5 year grant
• Surgeon General Viveck Murthy held a Town Hall meeting

in Oklahoma and met with and promoted the IAMNDN program

Suggestions & Questions……

Raquel Ramos, Don Ramos, Martin Flores 927 SW D Ave, Lawton, OK raquelr@comanchenation.com Office (580) 357-3449, Cell (580) 713-3936

It takes a tribe to raise a child. Together we can make a difference!