Native Youth

This brief (PDF, 30 pages) discusses traditional approaches to peer recovery support services (PRSS) in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes and their role in sustaining Tribal substance use disorder (SUD) recovery today. The brief describes the history of PRSS in Tribal communities, explores the importance of cultural responsiveness in peer ...

DOI funded the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) to conduct interviews with Indian boarding school survivors across the nation to create a permanent oral history collection. NABS will begin scheduling interviews with students in Fall 2023. Learn more and register.  ...

This fact sheet (PDF, 8 pages) provides caseworkers with an overview of current and historical issues affecting child welfare practice with American Indian and Alaska Native families, practice implications, and cultural considerations. Learn more. 

This report (PDF, 33 pages) explores the dynamics of combating child exploitation in these unique federal jurisdiction settings: Indian country, military installations, unaccompanied noncitizen minors entering the United States, cruise ships, and commercial flights. Learn more (PDF, 33 pages).    ...

This video defines Two-Spirit, its direct translation, and how the term first emerged in 1990. Learn more. 

This report analyzes how past and current federal policies create, maintain, and/or amplify racial, ethnic, and Tribal health inequities among young people and adults. It also identifies key features of policies that have served to reduce inequities and makes recommendations to help achieve racial, ethnic, and Tribal health equity. Learn ...

This webpage contains the CDC’s newest provisional estimates for suicide deaths in the United States in 2022. The data reveal that overall suicide rates increased approximately 2.6% from 2021 to 2022, while suicide rates for American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) decreased 6.1%, and suicide among people 10-24 years old ...

This toolkit (PDF, 35 pages) discusses challenges and solutions for recruiting and retaining youth in State Advisory Groups, developing mentorship programs, and youth conference/summit planning. This document provides information on increasing engagement with justice impacted communities, youth who are at-risk of involvement in the criminal justice system, Indigenous youth, BIPOC ...

Through the Free to Learn initiative, ED and HHS are encouraging states, territories, school districts, Tribal nations, and public health agencies to pledge to partner to create and support schools and other learning environments that prevent, address, and ameliorate the effects of bullying, violence, and hate while also supporting school ...