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Adolescent Health (cont'd) Education •Include education about sovereignty, leadership and tribal history. •Career options. •Need to train educators about working with Native students. •Not all young people will want to go to college or will succeed there. Need to support them in exploring their passions and strengths — e.g. diving, welding. •Important that parents feel prepared to parent a teen. •Parents need to be educated about what to expect, how to have a plan to handle and negotiate with teens (e.g. when can they wear makeup, when can they go on a date, etc.) They need to take responsibility for knowing where their teens are, who they are with, and who their friends' parents are. •Different for boys and girls? Different needs, developmental trajectories — teachings and education should be varied as well. PROMISING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES (formal and informal) •Northwest Indian Youth Program (Spokane) •Salish immersion program in Spokane. •Pathways to Healing •Natural Helpers adapted as Native Helpers. •Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS), University of Washington •Summer Youth Employment Program with Spokane Tribe. •Indian Youth Leadership Camp (Spokane) •Spokane TANF •Adolescent substance abuse outpatient treatment center (not sure which community) — started as prevention and built on that. •NATIVE Project (Spokane) •Youth Council (multiple communities) •Indian Youth Leadership Conference •Financial literacy training — including tribal economy as well as personal finances (multiple communities). •Healing of the Canoe Program •CEDAR Project (Lummi) •Lummi Youth Academy •Lummi YESS program •Standing Tall Conference (Quinault) •Healthy and Whole adapted for teens (Suquamish) •Young men's camp. •Young women's camp. •Canoe Journey/tribal Journey — including with youth canoes. •Partnerships with universities so youth can visit for intensive week. PA R T I C I PA N T Q U O T E "I have to say that it is two separate worlds. Because they go to school and they learn about all the non-tribal ways and they hear the non- •Huckleberry Camp — Nisqually? •Culture camps. •Job shadowing. •Teaching life and work skills, providing incentives for remaining clean and sober and employed. tribal history. And of course it's not something •In Alaska State, schools are integrating culture and language into the curricula — also traditional foods. you can build any kind of confidence for kids •Using technology to meet youth where they are. on, for Indian kids because they hear those •After school programs that offer sports/recreation with cultural teachings integrated/added. awful stories, you know. And we know that the history's not accurate." 20 •Blending contemporary skills with traditional teachings. Washington Tribes & Recognized American Indian Organizations (RAIOs) Health Priorities Summit