The important thing is the way you let go of a bad spirit, so it does not come back on you. 

-Native American Postcolonial Psychology      pg.94

However, although some anthropological research has been conducted in this century, only since the 1970s has the problem been addressed seriously by the Indian Health Service (IHS) and other health care providers. 

-Native American Postcolonial Psychology     pg.95 

Articles focusing on sociocultural etiologies almost universally include poverty, poor housing, relative ill-health, academic failures, cultural conflict with the majority society, and racism as some of the main predisposing factors for Native American alcoholism. 

-Native American Postcolonial Psychology      pg.95  

Most of these articles lead the reader to believe that poverty, academic failure, and cultural conflict are Native American problems that exist in an acontextual fashion.  These articles usually do not make mention that these problems are a direct result of the policies of the U.S. government toward Native American people. 

-Native American Postcolonial Psychology by Eduardo Duran and Bonnie Duran      pg.95