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Brown School › Academics › Master of Social Work › American Indian and Alaska Native Concentration

American Indian and Alaska Native Concentration

The American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) curriculum grounds students in the historical and contemporary issues facing Native populations from cultural, policy and practice perspectives.

Students study with renowned evidence-based practitioners and leaders in the field, including Brown School faculty affiliated with the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, regarded as one of the nation鈥檚 preeminent centers for academic advancement and study of Native American issues related to social work.

Graduates develop the knowledge and skills to serve Native communities and individuals to: understand the extent, effects and causes of issues facing Native Peoples; gain awareness of tribal governance and institutions; and learn best practices for evaluating and intervening with communities. A special emphasis is placed on cultural responsiveness utilizing a strengths-based perspective.

The concentration has three tracks to choose from:

Direct Practice – Trauma Informed Track
for students who plan to work with AI/AN communities coping with trauma through a direct practice lens

Direct Practice – Behavioral Health Track
for students who plan to work with AI/AN communities experiencing mental health and substance abuse conditions through a direct practice lens

Community Track: for students who plan to work in community building, capacity development, leadership and asset building in AI/AN tribes and communities

Curriculum requirements are detailed below.

Concentration Requirements: 15 Credits

  • Indigenous Mental Health Practice (3 credits)
  • Indigenous Knowledge, Values, and Cultures (3 credits)
  • Community Development with American Indian and Other Indigenous Communities (3 credits)
  • AI/AN Social Welfare Policies and Administrative Practices (3 credits)
  • One additional practice-focused course, to be determined based on your track of choice (3 credits)

You will also have 9 elective credits, which can be used to broaden your expertise in other areas.

Concentration Practicum

The MSW program requires 600 hours of concentration practicum (in addition to 360 hours of foundation practicum). The concentration practicum must take place in an AI/AN-related setting.

Sample AI/AN practicum sites include:

  • American Indian Community Housing Organization (Duluth, MN)
  • Cahokia Mounds (Collinsville, IL)
  • Cherokee Elder Care/PACE (Tahlequah, OK)
  • Denver Indian Family Resource Center (Denver, CO)
  • Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence, KS)
  • Indian Health Services Behavioral Health (Various locations)
  • Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Social Services (Mayetta, KS)
  • Intertribal Council of Arizona (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Minnesota Indian Women鈥檚 Resource Center (Minneapolis, MN)
  • National Council for Urban Indian Health (Washington, D.C.)
  • National Indian Child Welfare Association (Portland, OR)
  • National Native Children鈥檚 Trauma Center (Missoula, MT)
  • Navajo Nation Division of Social Services (Window Rock, AZ)
  • Saint Regis Mohawk tribe Health Services
  • Tuscarora Behavioral Health
  • American Indian Health services of Chicago
  • Urban Indigenous Collective NYC
Manasseh Bega

Concentration Chair

Manasseh C. Begay, LCSW, LADAC,聽serves as program manager for Social Workers Advancing through Grounded Education (SAGE). The program recruits, trains and financially supports Brown School MSW students who are interested in completing three credits of their practica in Indian Country and is facilitated by the . He works collaboratively with the Office of Field Education.

Kaleigh Edwards

Featured Graduate

“As a Native woman, it was important for me to pursue a degree that I could utilize to advocate for whichever tribal community I work within. Gaining a dual degree in social work and public health allowed me to gain knowledge on systemic issues while also providing me with the tools to problem-solve towards potential solutions. I am also very grateful for the American Indian and Alaska Native Concentration because it provided extremely important and relevant community-level applications that I will utilize in my future work in Indian Country.”

—Kaleigh Edwards, MSW/MPH 鈥�23, Tut膷int Program Coordinator, Puk煤u Cultural Community Services in San Fernando, CA