Full Circle

To be wholly healthy, mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally is the key to awakening our full potential. Facing the future can mean dealing with a lot of painful experiences. Native people, like all people, sometimes have to live through tragedies that can make us or break us. On this program we profile two organizations that are helping people get their lives back on track after experiencing traumatic events. Alcoholism and drunk driving shatter thousands of live annually. In this program our producers share the work that MADD or Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, is doing in Indian country. Relocation is not a new story to native communities but the trauma it inflicts continues to occur. When Navajos and other tribes find themselves having to learn to live in the city, Native Americans for Community Action, a program in Flagstaff Arizona helps newly relocated Hopis and Navajos succeed.