Project SELA’s seven-year research-practice partnership between the Arlee School District, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation (CKST), and the University of Montana originated from a collective response to a devastating suicide cluster that occurred in Arlee, MT in 2016-2017. Arlee is a close-knit, rural community, with a school comprising of 75% Indigenous students. The trauma from the suicides, including the death of a child from the school, significantly impacted the community.
The central goals of our partnership have been to better understand: 1) How schools serving Indigenous students can draw on community strengths to promote culturally responsive education; 2) How schools and communities can co-develop culturally responsive interventions to support Indigenous students’ educational success and well-being.
| Status | Active |
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| Effective start/end date | 08/1/18 → 07/31/28 |
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3
Good Health and Well-being