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	Division of Education Research & Service (DERS) at the University of Montana has sustained a commitment to promoting the social development and academic achievement of all learners. Since 1957 the organization has proven its expertise through the development of effective research models and practical educational services in the areas of safety, health, technological competency, and early intervention of students and communities. Within the Mental Health Division of DERS, extensive research has been conducted and applied in several of Montana's American Indian communities.
	Helping Traumatized Children Learn: Supportive School Environments for Children Traumatized by Family Violence. This Report and Policy Agenda is compiled by the Massachusetts Advocates for Children: Trauma and Learning Policy Initiaitve in collaboration with The Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School and The Task Force on Children Affected by Domestic Violence.
	"Intergenerational Trauma and Historical Grief in American Indians: A Review of Conceptualizations from Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart” by Melanie Ottenbacher. This file reviews American Indian's historical trauma and grief research, in addition to coping strategies and solutions.
	Reclaiming Youth is a movement of professionals, citizens, parents, and policy leaders concerned with children and youth in conflict in home, school, and community. To learn more about this organization go to: http://www.reclaiming.com/
	"Back to Teaching Virtues" is an abstract by Don Trent Jacobs from the Center for Excellence in Education at Northern Arizona University presented at the Modern Native American 2001 Conference.
	American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research issue published by the Journal of the National Center (Volume 8, #2, 1998) Articles include "Teacher, Parent, and Youth Report of Problem Behaviors Among Rural American Indian and Caucasian Adolescents," "Factors Influencing the Pursuit of Educational Opportunities in American Indian Students," and "The American Indian Holocaust: Healing Historical Unresolved Grief."
	"Historic Trauma and Aboriginal Healing" , a report for The Aboriginal Healing Foundation, by Cynthia C. Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D.

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