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Tragedies Bring Navajo Youth and Elders Together to Stop Suicide Epidemic

Anne Minard
10/13/15
The Navajo Nation is slowly recovering from four suicides that hit a small southeastern Utah community from mid- to late summer...

Tragedy Leads to Collaborative Efforts Toward Suicide Prevention

Anne Minard
9/24/15
The Navajo Nation is facing a health emergency after a series of four suicides near the small community of Montezuma Creek, Utah...
Emily Earring Stronghold Skate Park Bowl

Skate Parks Save Lives: Culture Benefits and Ollies for Native Youth

Taté Walker
7/30/15
It’s here at the Denver Skate Park that 14-year-old Emily Earring finally landed a frontside air during her run in an all-girl event hosted by the Stronghold Society’s One Gatherin...

We Don't Need Saviors—We Need Allies

Terese Marie Mailhot
5/31/15

Joe Flood writes in the New York Times article, 'What's Lurking Behind the Suicides,' that the issue of youth suicide is related to multi-generational sexual abuse that stems from abuse wi...

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Kick Andrew Jackson Off the $20 Bill!

Jillian Keenan
3/7/14
My public high school wasn’t the best, but we did have an amazing history teacher. Mr. L, as we called him, brought our country’s story to life...

Running for Native Youth

Mary Kim Titla
2/19/14
As my feet hit the pavement mile after mile in Phoenix, Scottsdale and then Tempe, Arizona last month while running the P.F...

Suicide as Genocide

Ruth Hopkins
2/10/13

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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New Mexico Teach For America Making a Difference for Native Kids

ICTMN Staff
2/2/13
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
10/10/12
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
10/29/11
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...

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