Resource Tag: NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

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This document outlines a strategy to reduce suicide rates among American Indians & Alaska Natives living in the Pacific Northwest by increasing tribal capacity & improving collaboration. The primary goals of the plan are to: increase knowledge & awareness about suicide & in doing so take steps to address the stigma that exists in many […]

This presentation discussed the suicide rate among Canada’s Native population, focusing on the parameters of the problem, contributing factors, & prevention strategies.

This comic book relates the story of Brianna, an Aboriginal teenager who develops a gambling problem. She finds help in traditional teachings & practices.

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This report presents the ideas, expressed wishes, & concerns expressed by Aboriginal participants attending a forum on the mental health research plan for Alberta. 3 major themes were delineated from participant comments: the importance of knowing the Aboriginal community & building relationships; the importance of involving the Aboriginal community; & the importance of recognizing, respecting, […]

Many non-Aboriginal practitioners are interested in working effectively with Aboriginal youth, families, and communities, Honouring Indigenous ways of knowing & being informed by a critical consciousness regarding the influence of history, politics, & social forces in the emergence of suicidal behaviour among Aboriginal youth are central to this work. By uncovering assumptions & locating suicide […]

Between January 2003 & December 2007, 81 children & youth died by suicide in British Columbia. This review identified the risk factors present in their lives & what health & social services they received. The findings of the review were presented to a child death review panel who were asked to develop recommendations aimed at […]

This booklet provides general information on bereavement & funeral customs in different religions & cultures, including: the Blackfoot Confederacy, Buddhism, China, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Eastern Orthodox, Hinduism, Hutterite, Muslim, Jehovah Witness, Judaism, Mennonite, Protestant, Roman Catholic, & Sikhism. A glossary defines a number of terms associated with bereavement & funerals.

A manual & computer search of Alaska Native death certificates for firearm-related fatalities from 1990-1992 was conducted. During this 3-year period, 116 Alaska Natives lost their lives due to firearm injuries; 88 (76%) of these deaths were suicides. Data from this study indicates Alaska Native firearm victims are most at risk of dying by suicide […]

This report provides a national evaluation framework to help guide the ongoing evaluation of the National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy. The framework is based on program documents, input from national, regional, & community stakeholder representatives, & a literature review specific to program evaluation in Aboriginal communities. The document also recommends a number of projects […]

Data on American Indian and Alaska Native suicide & homicide indicate that violence is a particular threat to this population. While homicide & suicide rates have decreased among American Indians & Alaska Natives since 1972-1974, their rates are still higher than those for the total American population. This article provides statistics on homicide & suicide […]

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The authors highlight the unintentional injury & violence-related causes of death, by age group, for Native Americans for 1992-1994. Some of the key findings were that: when combined, unintentional injury, homicide & suicide were the leading cause of death among males & the second leading cause of death among both genders combined; suicide outranked homicide […]

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This article discusses the appropriateness of using mental health promotion as a prevention & healing tool for Canadian Aboriginal youth dealing with issues of suicide. Strengths of mental health promotion in the context of this population are reviewed as are the limitations. In response to the analysis, recommendations are proposed that could guide the development […]

The authors examine the main factors related to suicide among aboriginal youth & ways to redress what many consider the most important of these, discontinuity with heritage. A group of Mi’Kmaq elders & an interdisciplinary group of academicians blended traditional Mi’Kmaq knowledge & western scientific knowledge to develop a strategy to address such discontinuity. Puppets […]

The Zuni Life Skills Development Program, a community-initiated & high school-based suicide prevention intervention is discussed. Development & evaluation of this intervention are followed by note of the specific challenges associated with stabilizing the program. A more tribally diverse, culturally-informed model, “American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum”, is then presented to illustrate a hybrid approach […]

This report summarises findings arising from the 395 child deaths that were referred to & reviewed by the BC Child Death Review Unit in 2007. Of these deaths, 215 were sudden-unexpected deaths investigated by the coroner. There were 18 suicides – 11 males & 7 females. The majority of suicides were by youth, age 17 […]

This report provides information on child & adolescent deaths in Ontario. Over the period 2001-2005, there were 279 deaths by suicide in young people, age 0-18 years. Special attention is given to youth suicide in First Nations communities. 8 recommendations are made regarding the prevention of suicide in this population.