CULTURAL INTERVENTIONS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE YOUTH: THE ELLUAM TUNGIINUN AND NAGI KICOPI PROGRAMS

American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health: Development, Context, Prevention, and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 337-364

  Allen, James ^a,b   Mohatt, Gerald V ^g   Rasmus, Stacy M ^c   Dogs, Rick Two ^g   Ford, Tara ^a,d   Dogs, Ethleen Iron Cloud Two ^e   Camp, Richard Moves ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Center for Alaska Native Health Research   (United States)

^c Institute of Arctic Biology   (United States)

^d University of Alaska's   (United States)

^e Oglala Lakota College   (United States)

^f Pine Ridge Indian Reservation   (United States)

^g NONE

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