SAMHSA’s Preventing and Responding to Suicide Clusters in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Report This report examines suicide clusters within American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It discusses effective prevention strategies and offers resources to communities to decrease the prevalence of these clusters. A suicide cluster may be defined as a group of suicides […]
Preventing Suicide by American Indian and Alaska Native Youth and Young Adults This manual lays the groundwork for community-based suicide prevention and mental health promotion plans for American Indian and Alaska Native teens and young adults. It addresses risks, protective factors, and awareness, and describes prevention models for action. Click here to download the Manual: […]
“Suicide rates for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) are four times higher than the national average. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for AI/AN youth between the ages of 15 to 24.1 This fact sheet, developed for tribal audiences and the agencies that work with them, reviews suicide prevention in Indian Country […]
In the U.S., suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death for young people 10 to 24 years old. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for AI/ANs 10-34 years old. But suicide can be prevented. National Suicide Prevention Week is Monday through Sunday surrounding World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10th. Here’s what you […]
Click here to learn more: A college suicide prevention model for American Indian students. By Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J.,Marrone, Sonia,Gray, Jacqueline S.,Brown, Donna L. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol 40(2), Apr 2009, 134-140 Abstract College student suicide prevention efforts are important to campus administrators and mental health professionals due to increasing concerns about managing suicidal students. […]
On October 14, tribal and youth leaders gathered virtually and adopted a resolution supporting A National Native Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative called “I Will Live” during the closing general assembly at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) 2021 Convention.
As we acknowledge September as National Suicide Prevention Month, join us in shining light on the importance of choosing life and learning to live in wellness. While also sharing stories of inspiration and hope.
Healing Indigenous Lives Youth Submission: Korbin Storms, Native Village of Unalakleet, Alaska I would tell Native Youth that struggle to see themselves as leaders that they have resiliency in their DNA, that sometimes it takes someone who has been low and lost before to connect to others that are feeling that way, that they have […]
The Native American Suicide Prevention Act, sponsored by Arizona Congressman Grijalva, was a key provision in the latest $900 Billion COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress last month. The Native American Suicide Prevention Act requires states to work with tribes and tribal entities when implementing suicide prevention programs. Last July, four UNITY youth leaders testified […]
Shoshone Paiute tribal youth leaders in Nevada hosted and participated in a Prayer Fire to address a rash of recent suicides in their tribal community. Marco Ovando, a member of the UNITY 25 Under 25 Leaders and members of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribal Youth Council teamed up to address three suicides within a two-week period along […]
