For the past 40 years, Montana has been one of the most at-risk states for suicide, with the second highest suicide death rate in the nation in 2022 at 32 deaths per 100,000 people. That’s consistently twice the national average of 13 deaths per 100,000 people.
Indian Country has among the highest suicide rates in the nation, and yet reporting by KFF Health News shows that it also receives less support than its white community counterparts.
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The day Josie Libby’s guidance counselor killed himself is seared into her memory. It was Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, shortly after classes had ended at Glacier High School. Libby was
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