Kakawis, a treatment center for Native Americans troubled by substance abuse, has a relatively high success rate in producing sobriety. Its treatment has been based on a fusion of psychological techniques with Native approaches and values. This paper reports ethnographic research on Kakawis, including participant observation during the course of one treatment session, and continued follow-up.
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Eugene N. Anderson (1993) studied this question.