Breaking Down the Walls: Confronting Alcohol, Drugs and Family Violence

Features

• Looking Inward: Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa College helps students challenge alcohol and drugs

  Janice Rosado

  La Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is building a program that attacks substance abuse among students and its entire community.

• The Promise of Alkali Lake

  Marie-Helene Laraque

  One group of Indians in Canada went from near total alcoholism to almost complete sobriety. Their story is inspiring hundreds of Indian communities.

• Healthy Body, Healthy Mind: Dull Knife Memorial College offers alcohol and mental health programs

  Antonette McDonald

  Dull Knife Memorial College offers mental health counseling and training programs in an underserved rural community.

• A Most Violent Institution: Family violence is pervasive in Native American communities. Tribal colleges must acknowledge its presence and confront its causes

  Brenda Hill

  A tribal college instructor and counselor examines the causes of family violence and urges tribal colleges to acknowledge its impact in Indian communities.

• Cultures in Recovery: A powerful sobriety movement is transforming Indian societies from Alaska to Florida

  Nancy Butterfield

  A powerful sobriety movement is taking hold in Indian communities across North America.

• Living the Sober Life: Standing Rock College counselor Carol Coleman tells how sobriety can become a way of life

  Paul Boyer

  As a counselor and teacher at Standing Rock College, Carol Coleman has seen the sobriety movement grow over the past decade. In the process, she has also discov­ered strategies that help recovering alcoholics succeed.

Editor's Essay

• Good News, Bad News

  Paul Boyer

  The Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota is a broad, sparsely populated region of grasslands and rolling hills.

  Driving between towns on frequently empty roads,

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Research

• Tribal College Faculty Attitudes Toward Accommodations and Services for Students with Disabilities

  John Dodd

  Higher percentages of disabilities have been reported among Indian people than other ethnic groups. If Indian persons with disabilities are to have access comparable to others, tribal colleges will need to provide accommodations and services. Therefore, this was a study of tribal college faculty willingness to provide accommodations and their attitudes toward accommodations.