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. 2005 Mar-Apr;84(2):323-36.

Rebuilding Native American communities

Don Coyhis  1 , Richard Simonelli
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  • PMID: 15828416

Rebuilding Native American communities

Don Coyhis et al. Child Welfare. 2005 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

The Wellbriety Movement in Native American communities draws on the wisdom and participation of traditional elders. Beginning with a basic community teaching called the Four Laws of Change and the Healing Forest Model, the Wellbriety Movement blends Medicine Wheel knowledge with the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to provide culture-specific addiction recovery help for Native Americans. The four Journeys of the Sacred Hoop brought the Wellbriety Movement to Native and non-Native people alike from 1999 to 2003.

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