Great Plains Native Connections Program - Suicide Prevention

Over five years, the Great Plains Native Connections Program will provide prevention services to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and Crow Creek School District in South Dakota. The Native Connections Program aims to provide culturally-relevant prevention services to youth ages 10 -18 enrolled in the Crow Creek School District. To provide prevention services, the Native Connections Program will collaborate with two identified prevention programs, Lifeways and the Network of Support, to implement a community support system, which will help educate the targeted community to ensure the success of American Indian's (AI). By creating stronger community linkages, the Native Connections Program will provide much-needed prevention services utilized by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the Crow Creek School District. The Native Connections Program seeks to implement prevention services by increasing access to resources and ensuring high-quality education and training to promote a healthy and positive lifestyle for at-risk youth.

What We Do

Working with the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and community organizations together, we promote healthy and positive lifestyles for at-risk tribal youth ages 10 - 24 by:

Culturally relevant activities
Prevention services
Increased access to resources
Education and training
Talking circles
Transporation

Suicide is Preventable

Would you recognize the warning signs?

Social isolation
Previous suicide attempts
Hopelessness
Giving away possessions
Depression
Agitation, anxiety
Recent significant loss
Alcohol or substance abuse
Family history of suicide

If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, reach out. Help is available!

Factors for Prevention

Effective and clinical care
Taking away highly lethal means of suicide (especially guns)
Strong connections to family and community support
Skills to help solve problems, resolve conflicts, and avoid violence
Cultural and religious beliefs that discourage suicide and support self-preservation

YOU ARE NEEDED. YOU ARE IMPORTANT. YOU ARE LOVED.

Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Crisis Text Line
Text "Start" to 741-741

Ft. Thompsom Behavioral Health
605-245-1546

Wiconi Wawokiya, Inc.
(Project Safe)
605-245-2471

HUNKPATIOYATE.org

For more resources, follow Hunkpati Kocoka Agdi on Facebook.

Yoga for Wellness

Every day, 100 people die in the United States from opioid abuse. To fight this surging epidemic, the Great Plains Tribal Opioid Response Team is working to provide tribal citizens with the tools they need to prevent and overcome opioid addiction. Starting on February 14, 2022, the Great Plains Tribal Opioid Response Team will unveil a series of online Yoga Classes free to the public that will supplement other prevention programs working to educate the community about the dangers of opioids. To prevent opioid use disorder and support those in recovery in our community, Great Plains Tribal Opioid Response offers three tracks of Yoga. All these classes are free, between 30 – 45 minutes, and online! Everyone is welcome!

Chair Yoga – Mondays at 12 MST
Download the Outlook Calendar Invite: https://gptchb.zoom.us/webinar/tZMpfu-urTIvGdzEgScOrUWaiUThENVnpTCh/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGvqjIsHNectRqPRpwEBor4M-7ztlhYjadHuRjWAA9BVzT3P9d2OpdRJtbA
Link to join directly: https://gptchb.zoom.us/j/87496639538

Yoga for Health Movement – Tuesdays at 12 PM MST
Download the Outlook Calendar Invite: https://gptchb.zoom.us/webinar/tZ0udO-oqjgsHdBDBiJcMHdYJQx60gkuiGx8/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGhrTgsGtCWth6DRpx5A4jCM_TwiHZdgqd_uD3sKSN-SgfPHNNaZOJ4G83Z
Link to join directly: https://gptchb.zoom.us/j/89336043674

Beginners Yoga – Thursdays at 4 pm MST
Download the Outlook Calendar Invite: https://gptchb.zoom.us/webinar/tZwrcuyqrTkqH9BmVIAYJaBnSBK5uKJPQpjW/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGgqD4vGNeXsByDRpw-BI_4Z-rztnpfgvp_kSnMIhl5YyH4BcBpZ6dUOujh
Link to join directly: https://gptchb.zoom.us/j/88655232054

Raeshel Damon – Program Manager

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*GPNC aims to provide culturally relevant suicide prevention services to youth ages 10 -24 enrolled in the Crow Creek School District and addresses the needs that have arisen due to COVID. The program increases access to behavioral health services and educational opportunities and promotes trauma-informed healing and wellness. It also supports tribal suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention community of practice.

Full description: The Native Connections Program will continue serving the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. The program will implement a youth navigator program, community support groups, training, and educational workshops to reduce suicide behavior and Substance Use Disorder; to increase behavioral health services and resource utilization; to increase education opportunities for substance abuse and mental health to reduce stigma; to promote a culture of trauma healing and behavioral health wellness; and to facilitate tribal suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention community of practice.

Tribes served: CCST

Project Dates: July 31, 2021-July 30, 2026

Funding: $250,000 annually / $1,250,000 for project period of 5 years