UNDERSTANDING ADDICTION IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

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Cross-listed: SOWK 510 . Pre-requisites: graduate or PB standing. Examines current Tribal addiction treatment programs and addiction treatment modalities for American Indian tribes. Emphasis is placed on understanding tribal history, tribal culture, Federal Indian Policy and law, and the federal obligation to tribes. Additionally, the history of addiction in tribal communities, traditional and current practices of how addiction is being treated in Indian Country is reviewed.