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American Indian Resources

Proceedings Report of the NAMI American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Listening Session

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH EVENT American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Webinar Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:00-5:30 pm EST Featuring Rose Weahkee Indian Health Service, Division of Behavioral Health Mariddie J. Craig White Mountain Apache Tribe Jimi Kelley NAMI Tennessee Sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness in partnership with the Indian Health Service, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, Division of Behavioral Health. We invite you to join us for an informative discussion on AI/AN mental health. Participation is open to any and all interested and is free of charge. Click here for details.

NAMI is revamping our efforts to increase the engagement and supoprt of AI/AN communities nationwide. The proceedings report of the 2009 NAMI American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Mental Health Listening Session—a meeting of national experts on AI/AN mental health— identifies participants' recommendations for mental health systems and NAMI. Click here for more information and to view the report.

Fact Sheets

• American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Mental Health Fact Sheet

Manuals

• American Indian Outreach Resource Manual

Other Resources

• Youth Suicide Prevention Comic Book from the Healthy Aboriginal Network
• Meeting the Mental Health Care Needs of American Indian and Alaskan Native Communities
• Today's Way to Learn about American Indians "Learning and understanding helps one appreciate how people have adapted or changed out of necessity and from merging with other cultures." This page offers links to a few of the over 45,000 relevant web sites where you can learn more about American Indian and Alaska Native cultures.

Organizations/Agencies

• First Nations Behavioral Health Association
• Indian Health Service Division of Behavioral Health
• Association of American Indian Physicians

 

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