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CHALLENGES FACING AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH

​ON THE FRONT LINES WITH SENATOR BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL Ethnic boy beach 200The journal’s On the Front Lines series features interviews with leading authorities on juvenile justice and related youth issues. These experts have earned their credentials on the front lines in the struggle for a better tomorrow for today’s youth and their families. JUVENILE […]

NATIVE YOUTH 101

There are currently 566 federally-recognized Native American tribes in 35 states in the United States. Each tribe is distinct, with its own culture, traditions, language and community. These tribes are recognized as sovereign nations by the United States Constitution and have the power of self-government.

NATIVE AMERICAN TEENAGERS OF TODAY

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS ​Midway between an ancient culture steeped with generations of revered traditions, spiritual ceremonies, legends and mystical stories, and the society of today built with technology and strong differing political and religious beliefs, stands our Native American teenager.

NATIVE AMERICAN ALL-STAR GAME ABOUT GIVING HOPE, SUPPORT TO YOUTH PLAYERS

The national all-star football game in Arlington that few have heard of is six days away. All but two of the 45 young men who signed up to play are from out of state. Preparations have been frenetic inside the game’s headquarters, a metal West Dallas industrial building that doubles as a commercial construction company.

CHILDHOODS LOST: NATIVE AMERICANS STRUGGLE WITH YOUTH SUICIDES

From the suburban Chicago Daily Herald, 4/1/2014 Girl face hair 300SACATON, Ariz. — The tamarisk tree down the dirt road from Tyler Owens’s house is the one where the teenage girl who lived across the road hanged herself. Don’t climb it, don’t touch it, admonished Owens’s grandmother when Tyler, now 18, was younger. There are […]