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

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By Stephanie Woodard100Reporters A 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

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