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Youth suicides epidemic on tribal reservations

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.msnbc.msn.com (Views: 46, Clicks: 1)  View Story

Coloradas, a member of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, lives on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico, where there have been five youth suicides since the start of the school year. All were his friends.

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#1 by nitajo posted ago +2 apples bad good
The Indian Health Care Improvement Act, approved as the part of the health care overhaul signed by President Barack Obama, would authorize a comprehensive youth suicide prevention effort on American Indian reservations. The bill also boosts mental health resources throughout Indian Country. -- Byron Dorgan
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