Research Reports
Reflections on Traditional American Indian Ways, 1998
Threats to Tribal Sovereignty, 1998
Traditional American Indian Leadership: A Comparison with U.S. Governance, 1997
Working with Youth
Several participants note a need to focus on prevention by involving young people early. This recognizes most involvement in the criminal justice system happens as a result of early life experiences. The primary theme herein is to work with young people, parents, and community members.
“The unfortunate truth is that everyone wants to work with the good kids. But there are a lot more kids who are struggling – not delinquent or bad, but struggling – and nobody wants to touch them.”
“So maybe the intervention point needs to be earlier, before incarceration … before we have CD treatment, all that stuff. Cause we’re not getting to them soon enough.”
“Go back to helping parents parent their children when they’re young enough that these kids can develop coping skills. We know that there are some things that aren’t gonna change like poverty, the system’s not going to change a lot.”
“We’ve got to start dealing with them now – this is the generation where we have to start bringing it out into the open and saying, ‘Hey, here’s what you forgot, because you’re too caught up in trying to balance today, this culture and this time, and we’ve got to find that line down the middle to walk with.”
One interesting point is that these responses do not mention programming or funding to address the issues, but emphasize the need to involve parents and community in working with young people early in their lives. Of course, from a systems perspective, funding is necessary to sponsor prevention programs.
The
Well-Being of American Indian Children in Minnesota: Economic Conditions,
1994
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