Ruth Hopkins

Suicide as Genocide

Genocide has found a new disguise: that of adolescent suicide. According to the Indian Health Service, Natives who fall between 10 and 24 years of age have the highest rate of suicide of all racial groups. Despite this epidemic, we’re still failing to address it head on....

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February 10, 2013

New Mexico Teach For America Making a Difference for Native Kids

ICTMN Staff
February 02, 2013
Want to make a difference for children in a Native American community?...

American Indian Youth in Crisis: Tribes Grapple With a Suicide Emergency

Stephanie Woodard
October 10, 2012
It feels like wartime,” says Diane Garreau, a child-welfare official on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, in South Dakota, speaking of the youth-suicide epidemic sweeping India...

Treatment of Native Americans Explored in Documentary

ICTMN Staff
October 29, 2011
This documentary, by Robin Davey and Yellow Thunder Woman, about the treatment of Native American people by the United States government was screened at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festi...

National Suicide Prevention Targeted High-Risk Groups

ICTMN Staff
January 02, 2011
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention added three new task forces to address suicide prevention efforts among high-risk populations...

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