“…Indigenous youth are more likely than youth in the general population to misuse substances (Gilchrist, Schinke, Trimble, & Cvetkovich, 1987;Moran & Bussey, 2007;Petoskey, Van Stelle, & De Jong, 1998). In regards to 3 The reader is reminded that the concepts of "risk factors", as well as "protective factors", are often noted in the literature, without adequately noting their dimensions (linear, non-linear; rates of development and decay; anchoring or integration, cessation, etc.…”