Rocky Boy Red Ribbon Week raises awareness
Zach White
The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation’s Cultural Resource Department has several activities planned for Red Ribbon Week to raise awareness of substance abuse and other issues. The activities are taking place across the reservation with participation from many Tribal departments, Rocky Boy schools and the Bureau of Indian Affairs addressing the interconnectedness of problems on the reservation, such as substance abuse, domestic violence and suicide.
The first activity on the schedule is for Monday at 7 a. m. when staff and volunteers from the Cultural Resource Department will tie red ribbons on cars at select locations, including Stone Child College, Parker School, the Rocky Boy Agency and the clinic. Later that morning, at 10:30, the Walk for Drugs/Alcohol, Domestic Violence Awareness and Suicide Prevention will start at the former Chemical Dependency Center build and end in the former Stone Child College parking lot. The walk starts again at 1:30 p. m. at the Head Start building, taking a lap around the college.
Tuesday begins fashion-based activities for the rest of the week. The department is encouraging participants to wear red for substance abuse awareness that day.
On Wednesday, people are told to wear purple for Domestic Abuse Awareness month.
On Thursday, the color is green for suicide prevention.
And Friday, everyone should wear costumes.
Other activities Wednesday include a “Halloween Fright Night — Back to School Fun Night” from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. sponsored by the Tribal Human Services Departments, Rocky Boy School Parent Involvement Committee and the BIA Meth Initiative and a round dance in the former Stone Child College gym at 7 p. m.
On Thursday, Head Start students can trick-or-treat at Head Start at noon.
Until Wednesday, students in Head Start and Box Elder and Rocky Boy schools will design posters and decorate doors “with themes of Domestic Violence (Purple), and Suicide Prevention (Green), ” a release said. Tribal elders will judge the entries Thursday.
The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation’s Cultural Resource Department has several activities planned for Red Ribbon Week to raise awareness of substance abuse and other issues. The activities are taking place across the reservation with participation from many Tribal departments, Rocky Boy schools and the Bureau of Indian Affairs addressing the interconnectedness of problems on the reservation, such as substance abuse, domestic violence and suicide.
The first activity on the schedule is for Monday at 7 a. m. when staff and volunteers from the Cultural Resource Department will tie red ribbons on cars at select locations, including Stone Child College, Parker School, the Rocky Boy Agency and the clinic. Later that morning, at 10:30, the Walk for Drugs/Alcohol, Domestic Violence Awareness and Suicide Prevention will start at the former Chemical Dependency Center build and end in the former Stone Child College parking lot. The walk starts again at 1:30 p. m. at the Head Start building, taking a lap around the college.
Tuesday begins fashion-based activities for the rest of the week. The department is encouraging participants to wear red for substance abuse awareness that day.
On Wednesday, people are told to wear purple for Domestic Abuse Awareness month.
On Thursday, the color is green for suicide prevention.
And Friday, everyone should wear costumes.
Other activities Wednesday include a “Halloween Fright Night — Back to School Fun Night” from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. sponsored by the Tribal Human Services Departments, Rocky Boy School Parent Involvement Committee and the BIA Meth Initiative and a round dance in the former Stone Child College gym at 7 p. m.
On Thursday, Head Start students can trick-or-treat at Head Start at noon.
Until Wednesday, students in Head Start and Box Elder and Rocky Boy schools will design posters and decorate doors “with themes of Domestic Violence (Purple), and Suicide Prevention (Green), ” a release said. Tribal elders will judge the entries Thursday.
