"With about 40 percent of its students identifying as Native, Fort Lewis offers a wide range of support services-from counseling rooted in Indigenous cultural identity to vending machines that provide anonymous access to Narcan, fentanyl test strips and emergency contraception-giving students multiple ways to seek help and protect themselves. "We're looking at a lot of different approaches and building partnerships across the state," Gallegos said."
""We're always asking students what they need and recognizing that there are many different tribes, each with its own traditions and ways of responding when someone passes away,' Gallegos said. On the ground: Fort Lewis students have access to free, unlimited mental health and counseling services through the campus counseling center, including individual and group therapy, crisis support, and drop-in consultations."
Fort Lewis College integrated cultural traditions into its response after a student death, inviting an Indigenous healer to bless the affected residence hall. The campus serves a student body that is about 40 percent Native and provides multiple support options, including counseling rooted in Indigenous identity and free, unlimited mental-health services offering individual and group therapy, crisis support, and drop-in consultations. The college also provides harm-reduction tools through vending machines stocked with Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and emergency contraception. Counseling is presented as one of several approaches, supplemented by links to traditional healers and statewide partnerships to improve access to care.
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