By Don L. Coyhis & William L. White
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Alcohol Problems
in Native America:
The Untold Story
of Resistance and Recovery-"The
Truth About the Lie."
by
Don L. Coyhis & William
L. White
Paperback,
258 pages
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The message of Alcohol
Problems in Native America is that recovery
from alcohol problems and alcoholism is a living
reality in Native American communities and
has been for more than 250 years. Alcohol
Problems in Native America is more
than anything else a celebration of the vibrant
recovery that is again spreading through
Indian communities all over North America.
About the book
This is a carefully researched history of
Native American experiences as seen through
the lens of the presence of alcohol in
Indian communities, and more importantly,
how communities resisted alcohol. The "Firewater
Myths" told about Indians and alcohol
are listed and carefully contrasted with
the actual facts. In a section entitled
Firewater Myths and Modern Science the
book states, "While the firewater
myths were well timed for their moral,
economic and political utility, they are
not supported by either the historical
or medical/scientific evidence."
Early Native American advocates for Native
sobriety walk across these pages and repeat
the messages they gave in their time. Some
of them include Samson Occom, Mohegan; William
Apes, Pequot; Handsome Lake, Seneca; brothers
Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh, Shawnee; Kennekuk,
Kickapoo; George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh),
Ojibwa; Quanah Parker, Comanche; Jack Wilson
(Wovoka) and so many others.
The book moves from some
of the earliest indigenous experiences
in the Western hemisphere in the 1500’s, all the way to the vibrant
sobriety movement taking place today. Yesterday’s
Native American sobriety and wellness advocates
fill these pages, as well as today’s.
The roles of the traditional culture, the
Indian shaker Church, the Native American
Church, the "Indianization" of
Alcoholics Anonymous, and the modern Wellbriety
movement follow chapter after chapter. A
chapter on Addiction, Recovery, and the Processes
of Colonization and Decolonization places
historical trauma into an addictions context
for the first time.
Alcohol Problems in Native America will
benefit addictions counselors and treatment
facilities working with Native American clients;
Native Americans and others in recovery;
addictions researchers and addictions recovery
program providers; Tribal and Native community
leaders; Native American history and Indian
Studies programs; secondary, college and
graduate education; high school, college
and community libraries.
From the book:
"It is time Indian People rejected alcohol,
not because some Indians develop alcohol problems
and alcoholism, but because alcohol is a symbol
of efforts to exploit and destroy us as a people.
It is time Indian People rejected alcohol because
it is not part of our nature. …We will
destroy the "Drunken Indian" stereotype
with every sober breath we take. We will call
upon Indian nations and Indian families to
detoxify themselves from the poison that was
injected into their histories. We will sweat
this poison from our bodies and our minds and
rediscover the essence of ourselves as Indian
People."
What the readers say
"This new book will be very useful to
anybody who is working in Native communities
and with Native people. I think it is a very
good explanation for Indian and non-Indian
people alike about the historical context of
alcohol. It is a very good educational piece
for anybody working in substance abuse and
working with Indian people in any way. I will
use and recommend the book and encourage people
to read it."
Candace Shelton, Osage Nation
Native American specialist for the Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Center for Excellence,
Tucson, Arizona.
 
"This book is a
spiritual awakening for Indian people.
Through the sinew of time, the resistance
to alcohol and drug addiction by our ancestors
is reported by this book and it is growing
stronger today. Helpers who pass on recovery-directed
and based lives will renew their resiliency
to continue their work from what they read
in this book."
Esther Littlewolf, Northern Cheyenne Nation
Adolescent Chemical Dependency Counselor
Busby, Montana
"Any historical
information that a client can access about
who they are is important. The book offers
a respectful, honest, loving, humble, brave,
wise and truthful recording of history.
A self-helping, constructive philosophy
of life that has a head and heart balance."
David Kagabitang, Odawa Nation
Mental Health Therapist
Harbor Springs, Michigan
"This is a very
impressive narrative. It pulls together
in one place for the first time a vast
and very inspiring body of work on Native
sobriety across time, place, and a large
number of tribal groups. Particularly noteworthy
is the book's historical perspective; through
it the reader learns of a long, rich history
of Native sobriety movements that have
much to teach us to this day. This book
leaves one with a fuller understanding of
a tradition of work combating alcohol problems,
as a part of a long-term struggle in Native
resistance and resilience."
James Allen, PhD, researcher,
Chair, Department of Psychology
University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks,
Alaska
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