Relationship between Societal Oppression and Alcoholism among Native American Communities

In the novel There There (2018), author Tommy Orange, from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, brings to light the many struggles of alcoholism and substance abuse among the Native American population. This project will dive into societal oppression and intergenerational problems that have caused increased alcoholism among Native American communities and interventions that can be put in place to fight this problem.