THEMATIC CHAPTER: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 3 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE In response to the Global State of Harm Reduction 2024 thematic survey, 95% of Indigenous respondents indicated that drug use had been identified as a problem among Indigenous people in their countries. [...] Note on our use of the term ‘Indigenous’ The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples purposefully does not include a formal definition of Indigenous peoples, noting that self-identification as Indigenous is considered a fundamental criterion of indigeneity, and that Indigenous peoples hold the right to determine their own identity or membership in accordance with their custo. [...] Whare Tapa Whā framework (outlined in the left hand column) and uses Indigenous delivery models, 2 Huanui oranga: The strengths, preferences such as Ngāi Tahu’s Whānau as First Navigators,51 and strategies of Indigenous communities must be which champions the roles of family self-agency included to accurately and effectively respond to and received ancestral wisdom in achieving and drug-related ha. [...] THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 www.tekaika.nz INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 10 Increasingly, Indigenous people are taking the lead in their own healthcare relating to drugs, establishing harm reduction interventions and care programmes that are designed and implemented by and for themselves, with some notable successes. [...] et al., (2023), ‘Review of alcohol and drug treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’, Journal of the Australian THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIIF1VXd9Io .