Walking in balance:Native American recovery programmes

This article reviews Native American ritual practices, frameworks and key concepts employed by several substance abuse treatments centres in the U.S. and Canada. It also examines the way Alcoholics Anonymous’ Twelve Step programme has been modified to attract and serve the needs of Native Americans...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Owen, Suzanne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Aboriginal Canadian
Balance
Community
Elders
Medicine wheel
Native American
Twelve step
Wellbeing
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:https://research.leedstrinity.ac.uk/en/publications/117d1a99-0c86-46c2-be6f-3bb4ce913998
https://doi.org/10.3390/rel5041037
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908235296&partnerID=8YFLogxK
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Summary:This article reviews Native American ritual practices, frameworks and key concepts employed by several substance abuse treatments centres in the U.S. and Canada. It also examines the way Alcoholics Anonymous’ Twelve Step programme has been modified to attract and serve the needs of Native Americans and First Nations and its potential impact on the ritual practices. Native concepts of wellbeing are highlighted and linked to the idea of living in “balance”.

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