b'Caroline first learned about risk and protective people. Caroline served on the Oregon steeringfactors when she taught an alcohol and drug committee when she worked for the Addictionscurricula called Heres Looking At You, while and Mental Health Division with the state ofworking with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Oregon for evidence-based practices andSprings. The youth curriculum focused on learned the structure that was required for ateaching skills to make choices along with age- practice to become an evidence-basedappropriate alcohol and drug education and practice. She relied on this learning, as well aswas based on early research around risk and support from Native PhDs, other professionals inprotective factors, co-developed with Hawkins the academic field, and funding from SAMSHA,and Catelano. Caroline had some concerns and continued to push the concepts forward.about the curriculum and did a 3-year Since then, Caroline has worked alongsideevaluation targeting 4th graders and was able numerous state universities, organizations,to make recommendations for adaptations. Tribes, and individuals, and directly with theLearning about risk and protective factors, Department of Human Services Addictions andCaroline recalled, I began to realizethis is Mental Health Branch, serving as a Leadthe teaching of my dad, the importance of Prevention Trainer, Tribal Liaison, Preventionnurturing every seed.Specialist, Project Officer for grants, andDirector of Resource Center for 21 years.In the early 2000s, evidence-based practice Carolines many roles over the last five decadeswas becoming a buzzword, but Caroline have only affirmed and furthered her goal ofrecognized that the approach was not directly providing the foundational elements andapplicable to what communities needed, nor structure for programs to have their Tribal-basedcould Tribal communities and other indigenous practices recognized both internally andcommunities afford those programs and externally as prevention, treatment, andcurriculum which required training defined as aftercare strategies, that they can implementevidence-based practices. When you look at those approaches that are best for theirwhats kept us [Tribal communities] intact, its communities. As a result of these combinedthe practices that came from the Tribe, from efforts, Tribal-Based Practices are now formallyour teachers who tended to be our Elders, that recognized and accepted by the State ofhave always existed, but that we tucked away Oregon. [and needed to return to]. In response,Caroline developed what would later becomethe foundation for a Tribal-based practiceapproach: the Oregon Prevention Cookbook.Carolines cookbook did not have recipes forfood, but it did provide nourishment forcommunities in another way. The recipesprovided guidance and templates throughwhich communities could adapt the evidence-based practices approach on their own andcreate something that would truly feed their Photo sourced from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Website.6'