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 The nonpartisan public opinion research and citizen engagement organization Public Agenda released a qualitative study, in August, John Doble and Andrew Yarrow with Amber Ott and Jonathan Rochkind, Walking a Mile: A First Step Toward Mutual Understanding: A Qualitative Study Exploring How Indians ad Non-Indians Think About Each Other, exploring how American Indians(1) and non- Indians think about each other titled. The research explores Indians' perceptions of their place in contemporary American society and how non-Indians view American Indians, what they know (or think they know), the generalizations they make and stereotypes they hold, how their perceptions were formed and their interest in learning more. Walking a Mile: A First Step Toward Mutual Understanding can be downloaded from: http://www.publicagenda.org/WalkingaMile

A new release is now available of the ACORNS software, that can be dow Native Rainbow at: Native Rainbows (520)325-6817, NativeRainbows@aol.com, www.NativeRainbows.com.nloaded at no charge to support tribal language revitalization programs. The software can be effectively used with any language. For details visit http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd and click on the ACORNS language project for more information, or contact Dan Harvey, Associate Professor, Southern Oregon University (541) 552-6149, harveyd@sou.edu.

PBS offer its first showing, Thursday, Nov. 1, 10-11 p.m. EDT of Way of the Warrior, a documentary examining the visceral nature of war and the bravery of American Indian veterans who served in the U.S. military during the wars of the 20th century, while exploring the paradox of these veterans who chose to fight for a country that considered them outside the American mainstream. Their stories are told through the prism of what it means to be "ogichidaa," or one who protects and follows the ways of the warrior. Befinning November 18, PBS will air Native Teans, Who We Are.

The HBO movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, based on Dee Brown's book of the same name, concerning Native American history of the late 1800's, is available as a 2-Disc DVD Set for $28.00, from Native Rainbow at: Native Rainbows (520)325-6817, NativeRainbows@aol.com, www.NativeRainbows.com.

Native America Calling, discussing Native American issues, airs live in many places in the U.S., Monday - Friday 1-2pm EST. To participate call (800)996-2848, that’s (800)99NATIV. Some California stations carrying the program are KSJV 91.5 Fresno, KTQX 91.5 FM Fresno, KIDE 91.3 FM Hoopa, KMPO 88.7 FM Modesto/Stockton. For a complete list and other information visit:  http://www.nativenews.net/?tr=y&auid=1109161.

CELANEN: A Journal of Indigenous Governance was launched, this winter, by the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria, at: http://web.uvic.ca/igov/research/journal/index.htm. CELANEN (pronounced CHEL-LANG-GEN) is a Saanich word for "our birthright, our ancestry, sovereignty" and sets the tone for this annual publication containing articles, poetry, and commentary. The first issue is dedicated to Art Tsaqwassupp Thompson (Ditidaht), who donated his artwork entitled "new beginnings" for use by the Indigenous Governance Program. N

The Indigenous News Network list, put out by Andre Cramblit, is an E-mail communication tool, first and foremost, to disseminate information about critical issues and action requests, highlighting important people, traditions, and events in the lives of Native people. The list also occasionally makes readers think, reflect, smile and even laugh out loud. It regularly provides helpful information for this journal. To subscribe E-mail:  IndigenousNewsNetwork@topica.com or andre.p.cramblit.86@alum.dartmouth.org. This list has been very helpful in compiling issues of IPJ.    

Native Research Network is at: http://www.aaip.com/nrnet/nrn.html. Its vision statement is: "A leadership community of American Indian, Alaska Native, Kanaka Maoli, and Canadian Aboriginal persons promoting integrity and excellence in research". Its mission is "To provide a pro-active network of American Indian, Alaska Native, Kanaka Maoli, and Canadian Aboriginal persons to promote and advocate for high quality research that is collaborative, supportive and builds capacity, and to promote an environment for research that operates on the principles of integrity, respect, trust, ethics, cooperation and open communication in multidisciplinary fields". The Native Research Network (NRN) provides networking and mentoring opportunities, a forum to share research expertise, sponsorship of research events, assistance to communities and tribes, and enhanced research communication. The NRN places a special emphasis on ensuring that research with Indigenous people is conducted in a culturally sensitive and respectful manner. Its Member List serve: NRN@lists.apa.org.

The National Indian Housing Council offers a number of reports at: http://www.naihc.indian.com/.

The American Indian Studies Consortium is at:  http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/AmericanIndianStudiesConsortium/.

Some news sources that have been useful in putting the issues of Indigenous Policy together are:

Indian Country Today: http://www.indiancountry.com/index.cfm?key=15.

News from Indian Country: http://www.indiancountrynews.com/.

The Navajo Times: http://www.navajotimes.com/.

IndianZ.com: http://www.indianz.com

Survival International: http://www.survival-international.org/.

Cultural Survival: http://209.200.101.189/publications/win/, or http://www.cs.org/.

Censored (in Indian Country): http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/.

ArizonaNativeNet is a virtual university outreach and distance learning  telecommunications center devoted to the higher educational needs of  Native Nations in Arizona, the United States and the world through the  utilization of the worldwide web and the knowledge-based and technical  resources and expertise of the University of Arizona, providing resources for Native Nations nation-building, at: www.arizonanativenet.com

The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development offers a number of reports at http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hpaied/res_main.htm.

Native Earthworks Preservation, an organization committed to preserving American Indian sacred sites, is at: http://nativeearthworkspreservation.org/.

Indianz.Com has posted Version 2.0 of the Federal Recognition Database, an online version of the  Acknowledgment  Decision Compilation (ADC),  a record of  documents that the Bureau of Indian Affairs  has on file for dozens of groups that have made it through the  federal recognition process.  The ADC contains over 750  MB of documents -- up from over 600MB in version 1.2 --  that were scanned in and cataloged by the agency's Office of Federal Acknowledgment. The new version includes has additional documents and is easier to use. It is available at: http://www.indianz.com/adc20/adc20.html.

The Harvard Project on Aemrican Indian Economic Development and its “Honoring Indian Nations” designees,  go to:  http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hpaied

The Northern California Indian Development Council has a web-based archive of traditional images and

sounds at: http://www.ncidc.org/.

Resource sites in the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA): National Indian Child Welfare
Association: http://www.nicwa.org, offers include publications, a library, information packets, policy information and research. NICWA's Publication Catalog is at: Http://www.nicwa.org/resources/catalog/index.asp’ Information Packets are at:
http://www.nicwa.org/resources/infopackets/index.asp. Online ICWA Courses are at: http://www.nicwa.org/services/icwa/index.asp.  The Indian Child Welfare Act: An Examination of State Compliance, from the Casey Foundation is at: http://tinyurl.com/h4hxf
Tribal Court Clearinghouse ICWA Pages, with a brief review of ICWA and links to many valuable resources including Federal agencies and Native organizations.  http://www.tribal-institute.org/lists/icwa.htm. Other resource sources are: the Indian Law Resource
Center: www.indianlaw.org, the National Indian Justice Center: www.nijc.indian.com. Other sites can be found through internet search engines such as Google.
Some research web sites for ICWA include: http://www.calindian.org/legalcenter_icwa.htm, http://www.narf.org/nill/resources/indianchildwelfare.htm, http://www.tribal-institute.org/lists/icwa.htm, http://www.nicwa.org/library/library.htm,
http://www.nationalcasa.org/JudgesPage/Newsletter-4-04.htm, http://www.dlncoalition.org/dln_issues/2003_icwaresolution.htm, http://www.helpstartshere.org/Default.aspx?PageID=401,
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?i104:I04296:i104HUGHES.html, http://nccrest.edreform.net/resource/13704, http://www.naicja.org,
http://www.tribal-institute.org/.

American Indian Graduate Center: http://www.aigcs.org.

The Minneapolis American Indian Center's Native Path To Wellness Project of the Golden Eagle Program has developed a publication, Intergenerational Activities from a Native American Perspective that has been accepted by Penn State for their Intergenerational Web site: http://intergenerational.cas.psu.edu/Global.html.

The Indigenous Nations and Peoples Law, Legal Scholarship Journal has recently been created on line by the Social Science Research Netwo, with sponship by the
Center for Indigenous Law, Governance & Citizenship at Syracuse University College of Law. Subscription to the journal is free, by clicking on: http://hq.ssrn.com/.

The National Council Of Urban Indian Health is at: http://www.ncuih.org/.

A web site dedicated to tribal finance, www.tribalfinance.org.

Lessons In Tribal Sovereignty, at: http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~go1/kellogg/intro.html, features Welcome to American Indian Issues: An Introductory and Curricular Guide for Educators. The contents were made possible by the American Indian  Civics Project (AICP), a project initially funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Native American Higher Education Initiative, The primary goal of the AICP is to provide educators with the tools to educate secondary students - Indian and non-native alike - about the historical and contemporary political, economic, and social characteristics of sovereign tribal nations throughout the United States.

The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) has a blog as part of its Celilo Legacy project,  serving as a clearinghouse for public discourse, information, events, activities, and memorials. The blog is accessible by going to www.critfc.org and clicking on the "Celilo Legacy blog" image, or by simply enteringwww.critfc.org/celilo.

A listing of the different Alaska Native groups' values and other traditional information is on the Alaska Native Knowledge website  at: www.ankn.uaf.edu.

GulfGov Reports assesses what happened to Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi communities after the 2005 Katrina and Rita Hurricanes, at: www.rockinst.org.

Red Nation Web Televison: www.rednation.com.

The Council of Elders, the governing authority of the Government Katalla-Chilkat Tlingit (provisional government): Kaliakh Nation (Region XVII) has initiated a web site in order to expose crimes against humanity committed upon the original inhabitants of Alaska, at: http://www.katalla-chilkat-tlingit.com/.

An interactive website, www.cherokee.org/allotment, focuses on the Allotment Era in Cherokee History during the period from 1887 to 1934, when Congress divided American Indian reservation lands into privately owned parcels that could be (and widely were) sold to non Indians, threatening tribal existence.

The Blue Lake Rancheria of California launched a web-site, Fall 2007, featuring the nation’s history, philosophy, economic enterprise, community involvement, and other topics, with many-links. One purpose of the site is to make tribal operations transparent. It is at: www.bluelakerancheria-nsn.gov.

The newsletter Message Stick highlighting the activities of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and its Secretariat 05 is available at: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/news/quarterlynewsle_home1.htm.

The World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) and its Journal are online at: http://www.win-hec.org/. (See the Ongoing Activities Section for more on WINHEC). The WINHEC site includes links to other indigenous organizations and institutions.

A link on Latin American Indigenous Peoples:  http://tinyurl.com/fn3by

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Resources on Suicide and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

            Suicide among Native Americans and Canadians remains very high, particularly among young people. Andre Cramblit (andrekar@ncidc.org) in Digest for IndigenousNewsNetwork@topica.com, issues 975, September 18 and 977, September 22, provides some useful resources on suicide, and on sometimes related port traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD). Camblit reported that from his own research, particularly around Northern California, indicated that “Native students by and large do not have issues with self-esteem (especially from local tribes).  For the most part they know who they are, participate in cultural activities, live in culturally significant communities (near sacred geography) and traditional family structures much like our ancestors did. They can pray in the same spots they creator provided for us. The language is still being taught etc. What they are lacking in many cases is confidence, academic confidence, social, cultural, emotional etc.”

            “The result of much inter-generational trauma or PTSD from the genocide of Native peoples can be manifested as internalized oppression. This is when they start to believe the negative stereotypes that society has used to dehumanize them. It is when the victim starts to feel that the misery that they are burdened with is somehow deserved.” Cramblit sees Emile Durkeheim’s sociological theory of Anomie very useful in illuminating the problems that plague many native people. “Anomie is the social instability, alienation and a sense of purposelessness cause by a steady erosion of standards and values. It is the state of uncaring lethargy that leads to drug and alcohol abuse, reckless behaviors, and suicide. It is worsened when the individual or community has little hope, positive emotional support or strong connections to culture, language, traditions and/or are separated from significant cultural-ceremonial sites (sacred geography).” Meanwhile, Carson Walker, “Violence against women prompts many Rosebud suicides,” News from Indian Country. In September (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1324&Itemid=33) reports that a suicide epidemic on the Rosebud Reservation largely stems from broken relationships and violence against women, according to two victims and the head of a women’s shelter who’s helping them.

Cramblit lists the following resources on Suicide and PTSD:

General Info on PTSD & Intergenerational Trauma:

http://tinyurl.com/yocs8g

http://www.sph.sc.edu/news/dickey.htm

http://www.uic.edu/orgs/convening/nativeam.htm

http://www.lcmedia.com/mind226.htm

A clip of a video: with “Models of Healing for Indigenous Survivors of Inter-Generational Traumaî Conference, hosted by D-Q University at Sycuan (now Kumeyaay Community College), excerpts of keynote speakers Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., and Larry Banegas, Kumeyaay, Barona, is available via: ard.net/reels.html?http%3A//www.gballard.net/port/reels/trauma1reel.html,.

A Video: What We Have Always Known is a 25 minute training and educational video featuring Dr. Perry, presenting key teachings of the Native American culture and the important positive impact that understanding early brain development can make on the lives of children.  It reinforces learned historical practices and parenting skills passed on through Native American ancestry ñ generation to generation. It speaks of the importance and need for extended families and the benefits of reweaving the social fabric in the Native American Culture. The Video is $89.95 plus handling, by going to http://www.childtrauma.org/ctamaterials/default.asp.

Relevant books: include: by Eduardo Duran and Bonnie Duran, Native American Postcolonial Psychology; Eduardo Duran, with a forward by Allen E. Ivey, Healing the Soul Wound: Counseling With American Indians And Other

Native Peoples (in paper from Multicultural Foundations of Psychology and Counseling)

Some useful websites include

http://www.fnyar.ca/

http://www.turtleisland.org/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=481/

http://www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/fivews.asp/

http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/conditions/youth_suicide.html/

In an emergency, call the national suicide hotline (800)SUICIDE [(800)784-2433],.

American Association of Suicidology’s web site, http://www.suicidology.org/, provides information on current research, prevention, ways to help a suicidal person, and surviving suicide. A list of crisis centers is also included. (202)237-2280.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, http://www.afsp.org/,provides research, education, and current statistics regarding suicide; links to other suicide and mental health sites are offered. Information and help is also available at (888)333-AFSP (2377).

American Psychiatric Association, (800)852-8330 for information and referrals to psychiatrists, or visit:  http://www.afsp.org/.

American Psychological Association (APA), http://www.apa.org/, provides information about who is at risk, suicide warning signs, and steps toward suicide prevention. (800)964-2000.

Boys Town is an organization that cares for troubled children, both boys and girls, and for families in crisis. Their hotline staff is trained to handle calls and questions about violence and suicide. (800)448-3000 (crisis hotline) or (800)545-5771, http://www.girlsandboystown.org/home.asp.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, has links to suicide statistics, the SafeUSA web site, and safety information, (770)488-4362, http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/.

The Center for Mental Health Services has a Suicide Awareness Week, in May, http://www.mentalhealth.org/highlights/.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) provides information about family support and self-help groups, including links to information about teen suicide, child suicide, brain biology and suicide, as well as general suicide Information, 800-950-NAMI (6264), http://www.nami.org/.

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA) for information on local patient and support groups and information about biological causes for suicidal feelings, what to do if you or someone you know is suicidal, and possible suicide therapies, (800)82-NDMDA (63632), http://www.nami.org/.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for information on depression and other mental illnesses. (800)421-4211, http://www.nimh.nih.gov/.

National Mental Health Association (NMHA) for information on depression and its treatment and for referrals to local screening sites, (800-228)1114 or 1-800-969-NMHA (6642), http://www.nmha.org/ For TTY, call (800)433-5959.

The National Mental Illness Screening Project Suicide Division. Whose hotline can help locate a free, confidential screening, (800)573-4433, http://www.nmisp.org.

Suicide Awareness-Voices of Education (SA\VE) provides suicide education, facts, and statistics on suicide and depression. It links to information on warning signs of suicide and the role a friend or family member can play in helping a suicidal person. SA/VE's phone number is 612-946-7998, http://www.save.org/.

Suicide Information & Education Centre (SIEC) is a special library and resource center providing information on suicide and suicidal behavior, (403)245-3900, http://www.suicideinfo.ca/.

Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network (SPAN) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating an effective national suicide prevention strategy. SPAN links the energy of those bereaved by suicide with the expertise of leaders in science, business, government, and public service to achieve the goal of significantly reducing the national suicide rate by the year 2010, (888)649-1366, http://spanusa.org/.

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