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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2002

A program at the Na'Nizhoozhi Center in New Mexico tries to help Navajo tribal members overcome alcohol addiction through traditional teachings.

The Hinn'ah Bits'os (or Eagle Plume) Society has a good success rate, according to The Albuquerque Journal. Of 1,800 graduates, 40 percent are sober two years later.

The program is funded by a $75,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It enrolls about one to two dozen people at any time.

The center itself sees about 17,000 clients a year, the vast majority being repeat offenders and 95 percent being Navajo.

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Traditional Methods Used To Help Navajos Stop Drinking (The Albuquerque Journal 11/10)
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