“…Department of Health and Human Services, 2012) and display disproportionately high rates and earlier onset of certain psychiatric disorders (Whitbeck, Hoyt, Johnson, & Chen, 2006; Whitbeck, Sittner Hartshorn, Crawford, Walls, Gentzler, & Hoyt, 2014; Beals, Novins, Whitesell, Mitchell, & Manson, 2005). While such disparities have very real public health impacts worthy of our attention, also critical to understanding Indigenous health is evidence of resilience, positive mental health, and abstinence from substance use (Kading, et al, 2015; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2014). In addition, socio-cultural contexts likely drive important differences in mental health trends and correlates across diverse tribal groups (e.g., Indian Health Service [HIS], 2008; Novins, et al, 1999).…”