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Youth Suicides Plague South Dakota Reservation

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Oglala Sioux tribe, is wrestling with a sudden surge of teen suicides.

Seven young people have taken their lives since early December, and some fear others are being encouraged do so on Facebook – and with nooses that have been hung near kids’ homes.

Regina Garcia Cano has been covering the story and joins Here & Now’s Robin Young with details.

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/04/15/youth-suicides-sd-reservation

 

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