Healing of the Canoe

The Healing of the Canoe Project is a collaborative project between the Suquamish Tribe, the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI), University of Washington. The project team used the Community-Based/Tribally-Based Participatory Research (CBPR/TPR) model to work in partnership to plan, implement and evaluate culturally grounded interventions to reduce health disparities and promote health with both tribes. Suquamish and Port Gamble S'Klallam identified youth substance abuse and the need for a sense of cultural belonging and cultural revitalization among youth as primary issues of community concern. The Healing of the Canoe project seeks to address these issues through a culturally grounded prevention and intervention life skills curriculum for  youth that builds on strengths and resources. For more information, visit healingofthecanoe.org.  
(Project funded by Grant # R24 MD001764 from the National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities)