Fighting native suicides

Tom James

Tom James Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Fighting native suicides</h1>
                <h2><p>Native American tribes around the country are fighting back against youth suicide rates that a study last month put at more than twice that of any other youth population. The Seattle Times' Linda Mapes reported from youth trainings held by the Lummi nation. Mapes also looked at other native</p></h2>
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            <p>Native American tribes around the country are fighting back against youth suicide rates that a study last month put at more than twice that of any other youth population. The Seattle Times' <a href="http://seattletimes.com/avantgo/2020975148.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Linda Mapes reported</a> from youth trainings held by the Lummi nation. Mapes also looked at other native programs in Washington State, including the Spokane tribe whose leaders are reaching out to other tribes around the country. According to Mapes, cuts in federal healthcare funding will likely hit the tribes especially hard, further depleting mental health programs that are already often underfunded.</p>
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Native American tribes around the country are fighting back against youth suicide rates that a study last month put at more than twice that of any other youth population. The Seattle Times' Linda Mapes reported from youth trainings held by the Lummi nation. Mapes also looked at other native programs in Washington State, including the Spokane tribe whose leaders are reaching out to other tribes around the country. According to Mapes, cuts in federal healthcare funding will likely hit the tribes especially hard, further depleting mental health programs that are already often underfunded.

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By Tom James

Tom James is a feature writer and photographer from Kingston, Washington, who has reported from Seattle, Olympia, Guatemala, Jordan, and the Olympic Peninsula on topics ranging from drug use in the Na