Abstract

Homicide and Suicide Among the Cherokee and Lubee Indians of North Carolina

Humphrey J A~~Kupferer H J

Year: 1982 Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry, v.28, no.2, (Summer 1982), p.121-127 SIEC No: 19831461

The Cherokee and Lumbee, the two major Indian populations in North Carolina, have exhibited similarities in patterns of homicide and suicide. Both Indian populations have higher rates of homicidal than of suicidal death.