Suicide in Native Americans Suicide is a tragedy that runs rampant through our society. When a tragic event like this occurs, we are often left with what can we do to prevent such ideas. Native Americans are no stranger to this concept. Many kids in their community are seen to have higher rates of suicide compared to other Americans. While researching this topic I found it interesting how different sources approached and addressed this issue. There were different solutions proposed on how to lower the rates. With this wide array of approaches and solutions help view the situation easier. As a reader, I was able to view how Natives handled their teens higher suicidal rates, compared to how the U.S. government handled it. The Native Americans
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This is a tricky topic to address in news media, and it was interesting comparing and contrasting the different perspectives on the matter. Each source that I viewed, media from native and mainstream sources, and peer review journals each had an interesting perspective about what causes and what could help fix the high suicidal rates. Like previously stated, the Natives wanted to first address the alcohol and drug abuse problems that run rampant in their communities. “Suicide rates are more than double, and Native teens experience the highest rate of suicide of any population group in the United States”4. And not only are the suicide rates high, but alcoholism mortality rates are 514 percent higher than the general population in Native American4 . Harold Monteau from the …show more content…
Governor Steve Bullock, governor in Montana, signed is a bill that allocates $1 million for suicide prevention over the next two years. The bill sections $250,000 to implement efforts to reduce Native American youth suicide and $250,000 in grant money to help schools implement suicide prevention programs. The spare $500,000 would help fund ongoing efforts to prevent suicide including those carried out by veteran organizations and Native American groups.” 9. This was a very recent bill passed. It was signed this year, 2017. Despite the limited attention in mainstream media, it is nice to see someone with political power doing something about the rising
This is a tricky topic to address in news media, and it was interesting comparing and contrasting the different perspectives on the matter. Each source that I viewed, media from native and mainstream sources, and peer review journals each had an interesting perspective about what causes and what could help fix the high suicidal rates. Like previously stated, the Natives wanted to first address the alcohol and drug abuse problems that run rampant in their communities. “Suicide rates are more than double, and Native teens experience the highest rate of suicide of any population group in the United States”4. And not only are the suicide rates high, but alcoholism mortality rates are 514 percent higher than the general population in Native American4 . Harold Monteau from the …show more content…
Governor Steve Bullock, governor in Montana, signed is a bill that allocates $1 million for suicide prevention over the next two years. The bill sections $250,000 to implement efforts to reduce Native American youth suicide and $250,000 in grant money to help schools implement suicide prevention programs. The spare $500,000 would help fund ongoing efforts to prevent suicide including those carried out by veteran organizations and Native American groups.” 9. This was a very recent bill passed. It was signed this year, 2017. Despite the limited attention in mainstream media, it is nice to see someone with political power doing something about the rising