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The Catholic Social Services Outreach Project

January 1, 2009 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, Digby Diehl, a freelance writer and frequent Anthology contributor, chronicles the work of Catholic Social Services to bring mental health and substance abuse counseling to the Lakota Sioux living on or near reservations in rural South Dakota. Like many of the up-close-and-personal stories featured in the Anthology, this project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Local Initiative Funding Partners program.

Combating Alcohol Abuse in Northwestern New Mexico

January 1, 2003 | Book

This chapter of the Anthology focuses on one city trying to address what seemed like an intractable problem. In the 1970s and 1980s, Gallup, N.M. had a frighteningly high rate of alcohol abuse, mostly because of heavy drinking among Native Americans coming to town from the surrounding reservations.

Programs to Improve the Health of Native Americans

January 1, 2002 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, Paul Brodeur, a veteran writer for The New Yorker and a frequent contributor to the Anthology series, examines these two programs. The first, Improving the Health of Native Americans, allowed grantees to develop projects addressing any type of health problem they chose. The second, Healthy Nations, focused on substance abuse. Both programs gave tribes and Indian organizations wide latitude in developing strategies consistent with their own values.