The Dept of Education has awarded Little Wound School on the Pine Ridge Reservation a $325,000 grant to help the school recover from 12 suicide deaths.
Two members of SD's congressional delegation are questioning the location of a counseling center in wake of a string of suicides affecting Indian communities.
The Administration for Native Americans has awarded a $400,000 emergency grant to the Oglala Sioux Tribe to pay for programs to stem the tide of youth suicides,
Pine Ridge Reservation’s intensifying suicide epidemic has gained attention across the state. Solutions to stop the statistics from climbing is uncertain.
After a suicide attempt, Brayden's family totally blew the doors open. They became open, honest and real when they created the Facebook page Pray for Bray, which now has over 2,500 followers.
Karen Krietlow's brother in law, Jimmy, took his own life at the age of 25!
"There's a lot of disbelief and just trying to figure out if there was something else that happened....maybe it was an accident. But it was very obvious that wasn't the case...