Suicide is epidemic for American Indian youth: What more can be done?


Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

October 11, 2012

By Stephanie Woodard100ReportersA youth-suicide epidemic is sweeping Indian country, with Native American teens and young adults killing themselves at more than triple the rate of other young Americans, according to federal government figures.In pockets of the United States, su …read more

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

(Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)

Founder & Editor in Chief

Location: Twin Buttes, North Dakota

Spoken Languages: English

Topic Expertise: Federal trust relationship with American Indians; Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights

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