Walking in balance: Native American recovery programmes

Suzanne Owen

doi:10.3390/rel5041037

Walking in balance: Native American recovery programmes

Suzanne Owen

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This article reviews Native American ritual practices, frameworks and key concepts employed by several substance abuse treatments centres in the U.S. and Canada. It also examines the way Alcoholics Anonymous’ Twelve Step programme has been modified to attract and serve the needs of Native Americans and First Nations and its potential impact on the ritual practices. Native concepts of wellbeing are highlighted and linked to the idea of living in “balance”.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1037-1049
Number of pages	13
Journal	Religions
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel5041037
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2014

Keywords

Aboriginal Canadian
Balance
Community
Elders
Medicine wheel
Native American
Twelve step
Wellbeing

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