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Health Officials Fear Pandemic Related Suicide Spike Among Native Youth

Kaiser Health News Leslie Keiser’s grave is at the edge of Wolf Point, a small community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana. Leslie is one of at least two teenagers on the reservation who reportedly died by suicide this summer. WOLF POINT, Mont. Fallen pine cones covered 16 year old Leslie Keiser’s fresh grave at the edge of Wolf Point, a small community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation on the eastern Montana plains. Leslie, whose father is a member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, is one of at least two teenagers on the reservation who died by suicide this summer. A third teen’s death is under investigation, authorities said.

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Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary is more than a victory for progressives or Native Americans - it s good for every American

Climate justice and Indigenous rights advocates commended the decision to put the progressive Native American congresswoman from New Mexico in charge of the department overseeing 500 million acres of federal land calling the move promising for the responsible development of clean energy infrastructure and for the reversal of the fossil fuel industry’s harmful legacy of extraction and pollution on land belonging to the U.S. public and tribal nations. “This is a big deal,” tweeted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). This is a big deal. Historic appointment. A visionary Native woman in charge of federal lands. Unequivocally progressive. Green New Deal champion. Exquisitely experienced.@RepDebHaaland sister, you are going to do such a great job. I am so proud of you and the movement.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Spikes Suicide Rate Among Indigenous Youth

COVID-19 Pandemic Spikes Suicide Rate Among Indigenous Youth
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The Significance of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior

The Significance of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior
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Haaland nomination generates excitement in Native American communities

ADVERTISEMENT “I thought about my daughter and how this is a new normal for my daughter,” Nikki Pitre, executive director of the Center for Native American Youth and a member of the Coeur d Alene Tribe, told The Hill. “Seeing what it s like to have an indigenous woman in the highest levels of government it’s hard to put into words now that I’m seeing it and get to experience it. It just feels incredibly overwhelming in the absolute best way.” Haaland, a progressive, generated significant momentum for the position, backed by groups and lawmakers on the left as well as many tribes.

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