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Native Americans face a deadly drug crisis. How tapping into culture is helping them heal [news.yahoo.com]

 

By Beth Warren, Yahoo! News, September 23, 2021

A bashful Native American who thwarted death twice summoned his inner warrior during a summer powwow, dressed in purple regalia and long feathers.

Jasten "Jazz" Bears Tail, 36, immersed himself in the movement, a style called fancy dancing, at the event in the North Dakota town of Parshall on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. He stomped and twirled in sync with the pounding of the drums, symbolizing the heartbeat of his ancestors.

On the periphery, his 11-year-old son, Pistol Bears Tail, proudly watched his father's comeback. Jazz disappeared from competitions a couple of years ago while battling his addiction.

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