Impressions of the Standing Rock Reservation – Photo Edition
Cross-posted on the Daily Kos For those of you who haven't followed the Pretty Bird Woman House diaries, to make a long story perhaps too short, last fall I became the shelter's fundraiser. Last...
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One of the most common stereotypes about Indians is that of the drunken Indian, a reflection of a higher rate of alcoholism among Indians. While there are many who feel that Indians are biologically or...
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Alcoholism and drug abuse are major Indian problems both on the reservations and in the urban Indian communities. The most traditional non-Indian approaches to dealing with these diseases-Alcoholics...
View ArticleWellbriety Cycles: Cycle of the Seasons
In traditional cultures, the cycle of the seasons was-and often still is-recognized and celebrated with ceremonies. These ceremonies are a way of obtaining and maintaining harmony with the natural...
View ArticleWellbriety Cycles: Cycle of Life
Like people throughout the world, traditional Native American cultures recognized and celebrated the changes that people experience as they age. Human infants are often greeted with certain...
View ArticleWellbriety 4 American Indians in OKC CANCELLED!
A bad spirit rides through the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and thinks to himself, "Nay, keep moving." Then he rides on to the Center Point Halfway House in Oklahoma City where David Dobbs is the...
View ArticleImpressions of the Standing Rock Reservation – Photo Edition
( – promoted by navajo) Cross-posted on the Daily Kos For those of you who haven’t followed the Pretty Bird Woman House diaries, to make a long story perhaps too short, last fall I became the...
View ArticleAmerican Indian Alcoholism
( – promoted by navajo) One of the most common stereotypes about Indians is that of the drunken Indian, a reflection of a higher rate of alcoholism among Indians. While there are many who feel that...
View ArticleThe Wellbriety Medicine Wheel
( – promoted by navajo) Alcoholism and drug abuse are major Indian problems both on the reservations and in the urban Indian communities. The most traditional non-Indian approaches to dealing with...
View ArticleWellbriety Cycles: Cycle of the Seasons
( – promoted by navajo) In traditional cultures, the cycle of the seasons was-and often still is-recognized and celebrated with ceremonies. These ceremonies are a way of obtaining and maintaining...
View ArticleWellbriety Cycles: Cycle of Life
( – promoted by navajo) Like people throughout the world, traditional Native American cultures recognized and celebrated the changes that people experience as they age. Human infants are often greeted...
View ArticleWellbriety 4 American Indians in OKC CANCELLED!
A bad spirit rides through the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and thinks to himself, “Nay, keep moving.” Then he rides on to the Center Point Halfway House in Oklahoma City where David Dobbs is...
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