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Native America Calling: Proximity and family outreach hold promise for tribal addiction treatment

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Proximity and family outreach hold promise for tribal addiction treatment

Two new healing centers count on location, cultural practice, and family connections to break the destructive effects of substance abuse.

In Lodge Grass, Montana, organizers plan an integrated foster care facility to complement a campus designed to support families affected by addiction. The non-profit organization behind the Kaala’s Village Family Healing Center estimates that number reaches as high as 60 percent of residents in the small town on the Crow Reservation.

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The Pawnee Nation in Oklahoma is also expanding adult residential and outpatient services close to home. Additionally, the tribe is offering support for children whose lives are disrupted.

Tune into Native America Calling to hear about a promising focus on cultural treatment options, harm reduction, and strengthening families to break addiction’s generational cycles.

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Guests on Native America Calling

Mary Blackowl (Cheyenne and Arapaho, Pawnee, and Comanche), tribal opioid response prevention specialist for the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

Karaya Fritzler (Apsáalooke, Aaniiih, and Lakota), certified behavioral health peer specialist for the Mountain Shadow Association in Montana

Megkian Doyle, executive director of the Mountain Shadow Association in Montana

Mike Ortiz, program coordinator for the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma’s substance abuse program