TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Welcome to the Prevention
Dimension
Shu’-yi’de-ghayt-nin’sh
Shu’-yi-de-ghayt-nin’sh means
We are getting well
Shu’ (sounds like “shoe”)
yi (“i” is a long “a” sound)
de (short “e” like in “den”)
ghayt (sounds like “kite”)
nin’sh (long “e”)
The articles and information you see here are offered as a way to increase
communication and share information, knowledge, and humor. We welcome
questions, suggestions, and artwork from youth age 12 to 17.
Please
contact
Lisa
Brown
at
1-800-600-5599,
or
541-444-8238 to turn in articles or information that may be printed in an upcoming
issue of Siletz News. You also may e-mail documents of interest to lisab@ctsi.nsn.us.
Prevention
Internet Treatment
Strategies Work
Locator
A study reported in the Nov. 8 issue
Launched
of the Journal of the American Medical
Association (Volume 284, No. 18)
shows that communities that undertake
comprehensive prevention strategies
can effectively reduce alcohol-related
traffic crashes and injuries from crashes
and assaults.
Relative to matched comparison
sites, three intervention communities
experienced marked reductions in
alcohol-related crashes, nighttime
injury crashes, injuries due to assault,
and
assaults
that
required
hospitalization, as well as in self
reported alcohol consumption, heavy
drinking, and drinking and driving.
For more info on this, contact Lisa
Brown at 1-8OO-6OO-5599, ext. 238, or
541-444-8238, or go to this Web site:
http://www.open.org/~nfatc/
announcements.htm#riskydrinking.
The site helps people quickly find
the location, phone numbers, and
driving directions for the nearest drug
and alcohol treatment facilities. Dr.
Nelba
Chavez,
SAMHSA
administrator, launched the site in
January 2000 at the 68th winter meeting
of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
“Just by typing in a ZIP code, the
searcher can quickly retrieve detailed
information on the location and services
offered by nearby treatment facilities,”
said Dr. Chavez.
The Substance Abuse Treatment
Facility Locator can be found on the
SAMHSA Web site by clicking on
“Looking for help with alcohol, drug, or
mental health problem” and then “Substance
Abuse Treatment Facility Locator.”
Conferences for Youth
Oregon Teen Leadership Prevention Institute (Camp OSSOM) - High school
students: Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, 2001; Middle school students: Oct. 4-6, 2001;
Registration fee: $200 member or $225 non-member
Annual OSSOM Advisor Training Institute - November 2001
Annual OSSOM middle school prevention conference - March 2, 2002
Annual OSSOM high school prevention conference - April 17, 2002
Annual OSSOM all-night high school conference - April 17, 2002
Registration packets will be posted at www.orst.edu/dept/ossom/.
Make a Four Directions Bracelet
The beads in this bracelet represent the following: The colors of the four
directions and the races of people (if they were to be grouped into four colors),
black, red, yellow, and white. Green is for Mother Earth and all that exists on the
earth, and blue is for the sky, the air we breathe, and all that lives in the sky.
The bracelet teaches us about our prayers, how we must pray for all the races
of people to live in harmony, and also for the well-being of the earth and sky, all
the while hoping that we can learn to show respect and be kind to our earth, all of
creation, and all other people with whom we have relationships and who are
represented as our relatives.
Our elders tell us of how each person has a spirit, and to respect our spirit for
if our spirit feels unsafe, it will leave us. When we drink alcohol or use drugs, we
are not being safe and our spirit will not be with us. This project reminds us of our
connection and responsibility to Mother Earth, our Creator, and our Spirit.
Remember, it is also your responsibility, if someone admires your bracelet, to
tell them this story. And most importantly, remember ... All One Creator... All
One Earth ...All One Family. Mitakuaye Oyasin
Usa Brown, Owner, Native Creations. Native - Siletz Shasta, and Pitt River Modoc
Directions
1.
2.
3.
Large: 11 sets of 3 black, 3 white to remind us of choices we make in life
good and bad, which is one way the Creator helps us to learn.
Then 1 big green bead for the earth, then 7 of each of the colors to represent the
directions and races of people, 1 big blue bead for the sky.
To complete, add 11 sets of 3 black and 3 white once again, to remind us of how
the Creator teaches us balance by showing us negative and positive; bend wire.
Conference on Tobacco Use Set
The conference is in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 6-8, 2001. For more info, go to
www.npaihb.org/tobacco/wtpp.html.
Conference highlights include traditional use vs. commercial tobacco addiction,
funding opportunities, smoking cessation, chewing tobacco, networking, youth
and tobacco. The conference is sponsored by the Northwest Portland Area Indian
Health Board: 503-228-4185, fax: 503-228-8182, email: rbristol@npaihb.org.
Scholarships are available to cover conference costs.
Youth presenters wanted. Attend the Violence Prevention (VP) Summer
Institute on July 10-12, 2001, with the presentation scheduled for July 12. Please
call 1-800-600-5599, ext. 238, or 541-444-8238 and leave a message with your
phone number, address, and e-mail address. You will receive an application and
confirmation if you are selected to attend.
L to r: Curtis Butler, Doug Barrett, Lisa Brown, Stephanie Barrett, Phil, and
Trina Butler make four directions bracelets.
July 2001
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