Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258
About this event
**ATTENDEE REGISTRATION IS FULL**
We are excited to announce the 2025 Tribal Opioid & Substance Use Conference focusing on restoring balance and strengthening tribal responses through hope, innovation, and partnership. This two-day event will be held on November 18 - 19, 2025 at Great Wolf Lodge in Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community.
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The conference will provide a space for community health professionals to network, discuss their concerns, successes and challenges, and provide best practices related to substance misuse and abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery.
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We are also welcoming speakers for this event. If you’re interested in presenting, please click here to learn more and register.
The Tribal Opioid & Substance Use Conference will include the following tracks:
Track 1: Cultural Healing & Community Resilience
Sessions in this track will focus on traditional practices and Indigenous knowledge that support prevention, healing, and recovery as well as integrating with evidence-based treatment and harm reduction strategies. Participants will explore how cultural teachings, storytelling, and ceremony can reduce stigma and promote intergenerational resilience.
Track 2: Innovative Solutions & Emerging Technologies
This track highlights how telemedicine, mobile outreach, and other resourceful tools can and are expanding care in Tribal Nations. Sessions will share innovative, culturally responsive strategies that use technology to strengthen overdose prevention and response.
Track 3: Data Sovereignty, Data-Sharing & Decision-Making
Explore how Tribal Nations are utilizing data sovereignty, building data capacity, and using the information. This track will include examples of respectful data partnerships and how data can support programs, policy, and advocacy.
Track 4: Centering Basic Needs for Healing and Recovery
Sessions in this track will highlight strategies Tribal Nations are doing to address the foundational needs of individuals and communities, such as stable housing, employment, and access to essential services, as critical components of substance use prevention and recovery. Presentations may explore the intersection of substance use and basic needs, efforts to reduce stigma among housing providers and employers, and structural changes that support long-term healing and well-being.
Recommended Nearby Hotels:
7333 N Pima Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
480-948-9653
0.7 miles away from event
9141 E Hummingbird Ln, Scottsdale, AZ 85250
480-291-5175
0.7 miles away from event
Nightly Rates
Government Rate - $160 + taxes & fees
Tru By Hilton Scottsdale Salt River
8401 N. Pima Center Parkway Scottsdale, AZ 85258
480-291-7000
1.5 miles away from event
Nightly Rates
King Room - starting at $167 + taxes & fees
Government Rate - $157.98 + taxes & fees
9550 E Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85256
480-270-5393
1.7 miles away from event
Nightly Rates
King Room - starting at $157 + taxes & fees
Two Queens - starting at $157 + taxes & fees
Government Rate - $160 + taxes & fees
*Please note: Event attendees are responsible for arranging and covering the cost of their own lodging.*
This summit was made possible by funding support from the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Overdose Data to Action in States (OD2A-S) cooperative agreement grant number CDC-RFA-CE23-2301). The content presented is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of ADHS or the CDC.
