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Arizona Sonoran News

White Mountain Apache Tribe decreases suicides, attempts

Erika Bloom November 15, 2017

Native American youth are killing themselves at alarming rates, but one Arizona tribe is working to reverse these trends. Nationally, suicide is prevalent in middle-age white men, but among Native Americans,...

Lance Sanchez, youth representative of the Sif-Oidak District in the Tohono O'odham Nation, looks over agenda items during the Youth Council meeting on Friday, Feb. 13. The biweekly meetings bring youth representatives from the 12 districts in the nation to discuss issues affecting native youth within their community.

Changing the dialogue on suicide among Native American youth

Razanne Chatila February 25, 2015

Native youth suicide rates are 2.5 times the national average and account for 75 percent of deaths among American native youth age 12-20. Suicidal Behaviors in American Natives/American Indians...

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