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INDIAN COUNTRY 101
Tens of millions of Indigenous peoples inhabited North America, and governed their complex societies, long before European governments sent explorers to seize lands and resources from the continent and its inhabitants. These foreign European governments interacted with tribal nations in diplomacy, commerce, culture, and war—acknowledging Indigenous systems of social, cultural, economic, and political governance. Tribal nations have remained as political powers from the colonial period until today—engaging in commerce, trade, cultural exchange, and inspiring the principles of freedom and democracy enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. As the United States formed a union, the founders acknowledged the sovereignty of tribal nations, alongside states, foreign nations, and the federal government in the U.S. Constitution. Tribal nations are part of the unique American family of governments, nations within a nation, as well as sovereign nations in the global community of nations. Access Information
Federal Resources for Rural Communities to Help Address Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Misuse
Office of National Drug Control Policy U.S. Department of Agriculture October 2018
Federal Resources for Rural Communities to Help Address Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Misuse. In May 2018, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) stood up a Rural Opioid Federal Interagency Working Group to help address the opioid crisis by improving coordination of and reducing potential overlap among the Federal responses in the Nation’s rural communities. The IWG is co-chaired by ONDCP and USDA. This document is the first output, a guide to the resources that can help make a difference in your communities. Access Information
RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION GUIDE
Building Stronger, Healthy, Drug-Free Rural Communities
The Rural Community Action Guide is a compilation of qualitative data collected from numerous community organizations, and data arranged by category.The guide aims to educate the public by providing an overview of the key challenges rural communities face when addressing the consequences of prescription opioid misuse and the use of illicit substances.It also showcases localized efforts implemented to help mitigate the impact of substance use disorder.The information provided herein should not be construed as the Federal Government’s official policy position on these issues nor does it serve as an endorsement of the varying local practices included as examples throughout the guide. Access Information
Paths to Personal Transformation & Collective Liberation
Mad Maps are documents that we create for ourselves as reminders of our goals, what is important to us, our personal signs of struggle, and our strategies for self-determined well-being. Along the way we’ve learned that our communities are impacted by societal systems in different ways, and that these differences affect our mental health. Our guides approach important issues such as oppression and intergenerational trauma and invite you to join others in crafting solutions that help transform the health of our communities.
The Icarus Project and Freedom Center’s expanded 52-page guide gathers the best information we’ve come across and the most valuable lessons we’ve learned about reducing and coming off psychiatric medication. Includes info on mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs, risks, benefits, wellness tools, withdrawal, detailed Resource section, information for people staying on their medications, and much more. Written by Will Hall, with a 14-member health professional Advisory board providing research assistance and 24 other collaborators involved in developing and editing.
Since it was first published in 2006, this guide has been downloaded off of our website more than 25,000 times, and been used to start local Icarus and Icarus affiliated groups all over the world. We thank all the dedicated and brilliant mad ones, the website members, writers, visionaries, artists, activists, organizers, healers, and other Icarus coconspirators who inspired this manual to exist. In particular, the ones who gave us feedback, ideas, critique, and praise for this new edition. Get in touch and tell us how you’ve been using it in your hometown or city and give us feedback on how we can make it e
A Few Resources
Call us RCoSD
Recovery Communities of South Dakota
605-858-1385
IF YOU NEED IMMEDIATE HELP
CALL 911
For individuals currently struggling to take the first steps to overcome utilizing mind-changers as a solution to addressing life's challenges, trauma and/or unresolved grief, here are some helpful resources to connect you to options close to you.
We look forward to having you hearing from you and supporting your healing journey.
National
Help is Available . . .
Call 211 - Helpline - community information and referral services
List of AA Mtgs in South Dakota
FACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY
facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
FACING ADDICTION
facingaddiction.org
PARTNERSHIP FOR DRUG FREE KIDS
drugfree.org
Adult Children of Alcoholics is an organization intended to provide a forum for individuals who desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. ACA membership has few formal requirements.
- only requirement is a desire to stop drinking
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem.
Co-Dependents Anonymous is a twelve-step program for people who share a common desire to develop functional and healthy relationships. The first CoDA meeting attended by 30 people was held October 22, 1986 in Phoenix, Arizona. Within four weeks there were 100 people and before the year was up there were 120 groups.
Secular Recovery
LifeRing Secular Recovery is an abstinence-based, worldwide network of individuals seeking to live in recovery from addiction to alcohol or to other non-medically indicated drugs. In LifeRing, we offer each other peer-to-peer support in ways that encourage personal growth and continued learning through personal empowerment. Our approach is based on developing, refining, and sharing our own personal strategies for continued abstinence and crafting a rewarding life in recovery. In short, we are sober, secular, and self-directed. Please click here for additional information.
We who are marijuana addicts know the answer to this question. Marijuana controls our lives! We lose interest in all else; our dreams go up in smoke. Ours is a progressive illness often leading us to addictions to other drugs, including alcohol. Our lives, our thinking, and our desires center around marijuana—scoring it, dealing it, and finding ways to stay high.
Narcotics Anonymous describes itself as a "nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem". Narcotics Anonymous uses a traditional 12-step model that has been expanded and developed for people with varied substance abuse issues and is the second-largest 12-step organization.
National Helpline – 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
Call 1-800-273-8255
Available 24 hours everyday.
SAMHSA
We lead public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
Treatment Center Locator
The Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator is an online source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance abuse/addiction and/or mental health problems.
Sensible Tools for Addiction Recovery
SMART Recovery offers meetings in the United States, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Ireland and the UK as well as many other countries around the world. Find a meeting in your area, or attend our convenient online meetings.
Veterans Health Administration
The aim of the Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) program is to avoid the unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and extended incarceration among Veterans by ensuring that eligible, justice-involved Veterans have timely access to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) services, as clinically indicated. VJO specialists provide direct outreach, assessment and case management for justice-involved Veterans in local courts and jails and liaison with local justice system partners.
VA cannot provide legal services. For legal assistance, visit State Side Legal's help page or contact the nearest VJO specialist, who may know of community legal assistance resources.
“Advocating Native American Recovery and Wellness”
The Wellbriety Movement is an interconnected web spreading across our Native Nations carrying the message of cultural knowledge about recovery for individuals, families and communities. The web is a live entity that was born out of the work that White Bison created after the Elders told about a healing time that has come.
COVID-19 Recovery Resources
During this time of challenges let's find ways to get connected and stay connected,
me helping you, helps me!
Statements regarding covid- 19Statement from Alcoholics Anonymous
Statement from Al-Anon
Statement from Heroin Anonymous
Statement from Narcotics Anonymous
“HOME OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST RECOVERY AUDIO LIBRARY”
Recovery Speakers recognizes our friends that work to help change lives. Many of our featured guests are professionals or advocates helping to fight addiction and mental health disorders. We hope you enjoy our “Featured Friends”.
Unity Recovery + WEconnect + Alano Club are now offering free virtual recovery meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic
Recovery is a reality for over 22 million Americans with past substance use concerns, over 40 million in mental health recovery, and countless more millions across the globe. We truly believe that recovery is individual, dynamic, and ultimately, best directed by the individual with support from their community. With this philosophy in mind, Unity Recovery was founded to be an inclusive recovery community organization and drop-in center for everyone.
