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Gii'Igoshimong: Sitting With Your First Family

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · with National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) · NCT07075081

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Phase 2
Target enrollment
300
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 9, 2025
Record last updated
March 31, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this randomized wait-list control study is to understand the relationship between ceremony and substance use (SU), SU risk (e.g., SU severity, depressive symptoms) and protective factors (e.g., spirituality, community support). The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Will adults enrolled in Gii'igoshimong show improved SU outcomes compared to those in control groups?
  • Will self-relevant processing networks activated during stimulus engagement increase from pre- to post- engagement in ceremony and at 6-month follow-up?

Researchers will compare adults that complete Gii'igoshimong with those that do not complete Gii'igoshimong to see if health outcomes are different.

After completing baseline assessments, participants will be randomized to complete Gii'igoshimong now (intervention) or after the participants have completed the 1 month and 6-month post assessments (waitlist control). All participants (intervention and waitlist control) within a cohort will complete 1 month and 6 month post assessments at the same time.

Being studied: Ceremony

Conditions: Substance Use; Mental Health Issue

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Are 18 years of age or older,
  • Self-identify as Ojibwe/Anishinaabe/Chippewa,
  • Self-report using any kind of substances in the past 30 days,
  • Have no history of head injury with loss of consciousness,
  • Do not have a seizure disorder,
  • Do not currently have Type 2 Diabetes,
  • Are not currently pregnant

Exclusion Criteria

  • Younger than18 years of age
  • Does not Self-identify as Ojibwe/Anishinaabe/Chippewa,
  • Does not self-report using any kind of substances in the past 30 days,
  • Has history of head injury with loss of consciousness,
  • Has Type 2 Diabetes,
  • Has a seizure disorder,
  • Currently pregnant

Recruiting US locations

  • Great Lakes Hub

    Duluth, MN 55812

    Site contact: Miigis Gonzalez, PhD · 218-349-4603 · mgonza75@jhu.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Miigis B Gonzalez, PhD · 2183494603 · mgonza75@jhu.edu
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