National Indian Health Board | MSPI Program Spotlights

The Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) is a national pilot demonstration project focused on addressing two of the most pressing public health concerns in American Indian and Alaska Native communities -- methamphetamine use and suicide. The MSPI, funded by the Indian Health Service, supports Federal, Tribal, and urban programs that are developing innovative and promising approaches to reduce the methamphetamine and suicide crisis in Indian Country. Some of these programs have generously agreed to share their stories, so that other communities can learn about and benefit from the work being done by the MSPI programs.

White Sky Hope Center Looks to Community, Culture and Land to Support Healing The White Sky Hope Center is located on the Rocky Boy Reservation of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, an area rich in cultural heritage and tradition. The Center was originally called the Rocky BoyChemical Dependency Center...

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Fighting Against Meth Everyday (F.A.M.E.) Project F.A.M.E. (Fighting Against Meth Everyday) is an program that has been designed by the behavioral health team at the Carl T. Curtis Health Education Center of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska to address the rising issue of methamphetamine use...

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Kodiak Area Native Association Engages Youth for a Healthier Tomorrow The Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) provides health and social services to the Alaska Native people of the Koniag, Inc. region. The region encompasses all of the Kodiak Island Archipelago...

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Toiyabe Adapts American Indian Life Skills to Promote Youth Resiliency Located in the beautiful and rugged inland mountain region of California, the Toiyabe Indian Health Project serves a consortium of seven federally recognized Tribes and two American Indian Communities...

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Traditional Navajo Approach to Meth and Suicide Prevention The Tsehootsooi Medical Center Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) uses culture to teach coping skills, build community connectedness, and instill hope and resiliency in those they serve...

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Using the Matrix Model at the Consortium Against Substance Abuse In 1986, the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, the Delaware Nation of Western Oklahoma and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma came together to establish a Consortium Against Substance Abuse, in Anadarko Oklahoma. Some 27 years later...

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Desert Visions Youth Wellness Center Desert Visions Youth Wellness Center stands out as a compelling example of how a small amount of additional, targeted funding can dramatically improve both program outcomes for behavioral health clients and job satisfaction for clinic staff...

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Seeing Hope and Promising Results in
White Earth Reservation’s Native Alive Program The Native Alive campaign is one of the White Earth Tribe’s strategies to address the issue of suicide. With the incidence of suicide increasing, both on the reservation and across the country, the Tribe recognized the necessity of such a program....

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St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s
Multi-Media Messaging Campaign Over the last two and a half years, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has utilized MSPI funding to develop and launch a successful multi-media campaign designed to encourage people to seek help for emotional problems and to discourage drug abuse...

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A Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Pueblo Country;
The Work of Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos The Community of Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos (FSIP or Five Sandoval) recognizes the serious threat that methamphetamine and suicide pose to our local American Indian and Alaska Native communities...

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The Gila River Indian Community’s Equine Programs The Gila River Indian Community is committed to increasing awareness of education on healthy life choices and determined to support community members as they work toward achieving health and wellness...

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The Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s “Cooking for the Health of It” “Cooking for the Health of It” is a promising practice program created by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s Centered Spirit Program. Taking an Integrated Behavioral Health approach...

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