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CTN American Indian/Alaska Native Special Interest Group

 The CTN American Indian/Alaska Native Special Interest Group (AI/AN SIG) provides a forum for researchers, clinicians, educators, and community members to engage in critical dialogue regarding research priorities related to prevention and treatment of substance use in AI/AN communities.  Information regarding work conducted by members of the AI/AN SIG is centrally located on the webpage.

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Meeting Minutes

04_2026 Minutes NIDA CTN AIAN Special Interest Group (pdf)

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Studies

CTN AIAN Studies (pdf)

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See list of AIAN Manuscripts and the Related CTN Protocol

AIAN Manuscripts and the Related CTN Protocol
CTN0020-A-1Foley, K., Pallas, D., Forcehimes, A.A., Houck, J.M., Bogenschutz, M.P., Keyser-Marcus, L., and Svikis, D. (2010). Effect of job skills training on employment and job seeking behaviors in an American Indian substance abuse treatment sample. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation; 33(3), 181-192.
CTN0033-Ot-1Rieckmann T, McCarty D, Kovas A, Spicer P, Bray J, Gilbert S, Mercer J. (2012). American Indians with substance use disorders: treatment needs and comorbid conditions. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Sep; 38(5): 498-504.
CTN0033-Ot-5Rieckmann T, McCarty D, Kovas A, Spicer P, Bray J, Gilbert S, Mercer J. (2012). American Indians with substance use disorders: treatment needs and comorbid conditions. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Sep;38(5):498-504.
CTN0033-Ot-2Forcehimes, A.A., Venner, K.L., Bogenschutz, M.P., Foley, K., Davis, M.P., Houck, J.M., Willie, E.L., and Begaye, P. (2011). American Indian Methamphetamine and Other Drug Use in the Southwestern United States. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(4), 366-76.
CTN0033-Ot-3Radin, S.M., Banta-Green, C.J., Thomas, L.R., Kutz, S.H., and Donovan, D.M. (2012). Substance Use, Treatment Admissions, and Recovery Trends in Diverse Washington State Tribal Communities. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 38(5), 511-517.
CTN0033-Ot-3Radin, S.M., Kutz, S.H., LaMarr, J., Vendiola, D., Vendiola, M., Wilbur, B., Thomas, L.R., and Donovan, D.M. (2015). Community Perspectives on Drug/Alcohol Use, Concerns, Needs and Resources in Four Washington State Tribal Communities. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 14(1), 29-58.
CTN0033-Ot-4Kropp, F.B., Mackey, D., Somoza, E., Lilleskov, M., Granados – Bad Moccasin, M., Moore, M., Lewis, D., Boetel, B., Smith, C., and Winhusen, T. (2013). Characteristics of Northern Plains American Indians seeking substance abuse treatment in an urban, non-Tribal clinic: a descriptive study. Community Mental Health Journal, 49(6), 714-721.
CTN0033-Ot-4Kropp, F.B., Lilleskov, M., Richards, J., Somoza, E., and The CTN0033-Ot-4 Team (2014). Client and Provider Views on Access to Care for Substance-Using American Indians: Perspectives From a Northern Plains Urban Clinic. American Indian Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 21(2), 43-65.
CTN0044-A-2Campbell, A.N.C., Turrigiano, E., Moore, M., Miele, G.M., Rieckmann, T., Hu, M.C., Kropp, F., Ringor-Carty, R., and Nunes, E.V. (2015). Acceptability of a Web-based Community Reinforcement Approach for Substance Use Disorders with Treatment-seeking American Indians/Alaska Natives. Community Mental Health Journal, 51(4), 393-403.
CTN0096Hirchak, K.A., Nadeau, M., Vasquez, A., Hernandez-Vallant, A., Smith, K., Pham, C., Oliver, K, Baukol, P., Lizzy, K., Shaffer, R., Herron, J., Campbell, A.N.C., and Venner, K.L., and The CTN-0096 Collaborative Board (2023). Centering Culture in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Contributions from a National Collaborative Board. American Journal of Community Psychology; 71, 174-183.
CTN0118Hirchak, Katherine A., Bajet, Kelsey, Richardson, Meenakshi, Keyes, Beverly, Shaffer, Racqual, Oliver, Karen Angerson, Kropp, Frankie K., Campbell, Aimee N. C., Venner, Kamilla L. Delivering Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Facilitators and Barriers to Care (2025). Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 1-18.
CTN0118Richardson M, Hirchak K, Bajet K, Brigman M, Shaffer R, Keyes B, Oliver KA, Kropp F, McDonell MG, Venner KL and Campbell ANC (2024) Provider perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on treatment of substance use and opioid use disorders among American Indian and Alaska Native adults. Frontiers in Public Health 12:1356033.
CTN0123Anne I. Roche, Antonia Young, Corinna Sabaque, Sydney S. Kelpin, Pamela Sinicrope, Cuong Pham, Lisa A. Marsch, Aimee N.C. Campbell, Kamilla Venner, Laiel Baker-DeKrey, Thomas Wyatt, Sharyl WhiteHawk, Teresa Nord, Kenneth Resnicow, Colleen Young, Ashley Brown, Gavin Bart, Christi Patten (2024). Wiidookaage'win: Beta-test of a Facebook group intervention for Native women to support opioid use recovery. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, Volume 163, 209396.
CTN0129Luger, B., Kihlstrom, A., Sivaramakrishnan, B., Kelliher, A., Kropp, F., Rosa, C., Winhusen, T.J., Warne, D., and the CTN0129 participating Tribal Communities (2025). A Community-Driven Approach to Address Substance Use and Create a Great Plains American Indian Addiction and Recovery Research Agenda. American Journal of Community Psychology; 2025 Dec 26, 1-10.
CTN0129Harding, M.C., Kihlstrom, A.C., Kelliher, A., Rosa, C., Kropp, F.B., Winhusen, T.J., Warne, D.K. (2026). Exploring the Use of Telemedicine to Expand Addiction and Recovery Resources in Great Plains Tribal Communities. The Journal of Rural Health; 42:e70113.
AIAN SIG General Crouch, M.C., Venner, K.L., Wendt, D.C., Burlew, A.K., Baukol, P., Funaro, M.C., Sorrell, T., and Haeny, A.M. (2023). Lessons learned and future directions: A scoping review of American Indian and Alaska Native participants in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment; 153, 209081.