Watch Native Cry Outreach Alliance's Gripping PSA for Natives Contemplating Suicide

Eisa Ulen
August 06, 2012
Native Cry Outreach Alliance , an organization dedicated to suicide prevention within the Native American community, has produced a gripping new public service announcement (PSA) a...
Adrian Jawort

When a Suicide Attempt Hits Close to Home

The reasons one would take their own life_especially when they’re young—is an area I hope to bring awareness to so others may not have to deal with the anguish of having a loved one pass away by their own hand....

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July 01, 2012

Pine Ridge Seeks New Funding Source to Revive its Former Suicide Prevention Program

ICTMN Staff
June 15, 2012
Last fall, the three-year grant funding the Sweetgrass Project, the only suicide prevention program on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, ran out...

Suicide Survivor Works to Eradicate Stigma of Silence Preventing Indian Youth From Getting Help

Michelle Tirado
May 29, 2012
Suicide may still be a hush-hush topic for many Indian people, but it’s not for Arnold Thomas, Shoshone-Paiute ...

Cowichan Tribes in B.C. Declare State of Emergency Over Rash of Suicides

ICTMN Staff
May 12, 2012
The band council of the Cowichan Tribes in British Columbia has declared a state of emergency after a recent rash of suicides in their communities...

Council Formed to Guide Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Native American Mentoring Work

ICTMN Staff
May 11, 2012
Margo Gray-Proctor, Osage, president, Horizon Engineering Service Company, will serve on the Native American Advisory Council to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America...

Junior Seau, Suicide and Spirituality

Gyasi Ross
May 06, 2012
I was watching SportsCenter the other day and some news hit me right between the eyes: Junior Seau, Samoan phenom, committed suicide...

Who Was Junior Seau? Stories Flood in About the Person Behind the Football Legend

ICTMN Staff
May 03, 2012
The Los Angeles Times reports that an autopsy is scheduled for today on the body of football legend Junior Seau, who took his life at 43-years of age with a gunshot wound ot the ch...

Blood Test May Help Diagnose Depression in Teens

ICTMN Staff
April 17, 2012
A simple blood test may help scientists objectively diagnose depression in teens and young adults, reported WebMD ...

Billy Mills’s New Race

ICTMN Staff
April 04, 2012
Billy Mills with Cheyenne River Sioux youth on the reservation in South Dakota...

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