The Safe Futures Initiative at Chief Leschi Schools: A School-Based Tribal Response to Alcohol-Drug Abuse, Violence-Gang Violence, and Crime on an Urban Reservation.

Guilmet, George M.; Whited, David L.; Dorpat, Norm; Pijanowski, Cherlyn

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Publication Date: 1998

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The Safe Futures Initiative at Chief Leschi Schools: A School-Based Tribal Response to Alcohol-Drug Abuse, Violence-Gang Violence, and Crime on an Urban Reservation.

Guilmet, George M.; Whited, David L.; Dorpat, Norm; Pijanowski, Cherlyn

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v22 n4 p407-40 1998

Describes the urban context and multitribal demographics of the Puyallup Reservation (Washington), and the history of Chief Leschi Schools (pre-K-12)--a multicampus provider of educational and social services to Native youth living on or near the reservation. Discusses problems of substance abuse and violence; community-, family-, school-, and individual-risk factors; and school/reservation prevention programs. (SV)

Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention, Program Development, Risk, School Community Programs, School Security, Substance Abuse, Urban American Indians, Violence

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Washington

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