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Endangered Water Resources

Access to clean healthy water is vital to our native communities. We use it for drinking, fishing, agriculture, and in some instances, for generating power. Some water issues facing tribal communities include: Water Shortages  Did you know that nearly 40% of people on the Navajo Reservation don’t have running water?…
Categories: My Environment, Water

Mixed Identity

I belong to two different tribes: to the Shoalwater Bay Indian tribe on my grandfather’s side, and the Cherokee tribe on my grandmother’s. However, of my parents, only one is Native American–my mother. Though I could enroll in either of my tribes, I was enrolled at birth in the Naahps…
Categories: Identity, My Culture

Native Pride

It is not documents that define us, but rather what is undocumented. Our ancestral values continue to exist and evolve through our spirits today. We have seen the resiliency of the Native people throughout colonization, but we must still appreciate, celebrate, and cultivate the indigenous cultures that existed prior to…
Categories: Identity, My Culture

Adoption: How you Might Feel About it Emotionally

People find out that they’re adopted in different ways. Today most people find out when they’re young, and grow up knowing how their family was formed. Others find out when they’re older, or find out accidentally. However you find out, you might have mixed emotions about being adopted. When you…
Categories: Dealing with Adoption or Foster Care

Adoption: Looking for Your Birth Family

Once you have made the decision to search for your birth parents, you may have mixed feelings about it. You may feel excited, relieved, scared or anxious. These feelings might change over time. For some people who search for their birth families, the search may be fairly straightforward and quick,…
Categories: Dealing with Adoption or Foster Care

After Someone Dies: Moving Back Into Your Routine

Managing life after the memorial service. After the service, you might have to start thinking about returning to your everyday routine including school and/or work. It’s likely that you’re still grieving, which can make it hard to get back into a balanced routine. Everybody is different, and it’s a good…
Categories: Grief, My Mind

After Someone Dies: What You Might Have to Deal With

Making decisions after someone has died. Making these decisions can be stressful, and you may be tempted to make a decision quickly without thinking about all the consequences. If possible, delay any major decisions, and speak to someone who is farther removed from the situation Final medical decisions. After your…
Categories: Grief

After Someone has Died: How You Might Feel

Initial reactions. When someone close to you dies, you might experience a variety of emotions, including shock, disbelief, numbness, sadness, anger, or loneliness. This is all part of a grieving process. Shock and disbelief. It’s normal to feel a sense of shock when someone close to you dies. Shock may…
Categories: Grief, My Mind

Amphetamines

Amphetamine encompasses various drugs, but you will find methamphetamine is more commonly researched, talked about, and prevalent. Amphetamine is the parent drug of a family of psychostimulants, which speed up the messages going to and from the brain. Some street names for amphetamines include “uppers,” “bennies,” “black beauties,” and “diet…
Categories: My Body, Substance Abuse

Anger and Violent Behavior

Violent behavior, toward oneself and others, can result from anger. It is one way that people express anger and try to control the situations that they find themselves in—but violence is never a positive or constructive way to deal with your emotions. Tips for breaking the cycle of violence The…
Categories: Anger

Anxiety

Anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling of fear or imminent disaster, and is a normal emotional response to danger. What makes one person anxious may not trigger the same response in someone else. Events like breaking up, exams or a fight with a friend may cause you to feel anxious, worried…
Categories: Anxiety, My Mind
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