Alaska’s Native Voice – Prevention, Recovery, and a Look at Youth Advocacy

Tribal traditions, culture, and language are ways being used to help keep Native people out of the justice system. Many who’ve been through the Western justice system say often times addiction, and not addressing historical trauma, led to them ending up locked up, while advocates continue to lean on Indigenous ways of life for prevention, reentry, and recovery efforts. We’ll also hear from young people who are advocating on grassroots levels for their people when it comes to the environment, MMIP, and various other issues.