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Counselor addresses drug alcohol at schools
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FEBRUARY 19, 2001 Owen Patton serves as a traveling drug and alcohol consultant for four public school districts on reservations in Nebraska. A member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe in South Dakota, Patton hopes he can reach the mostly Indian students at the schools on the Omaha, Winnebago, and Santee Sioux reservations. Patton himself is a survivor of substance abuse and shares his past problems with students as part of his counseling efforts. Get the Story:
Indian Consultant Offers 'Sense of Hope' (The Omaha World-Herald 2/19)
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