Red Lake update: Fewer headlines, more trouble
Native journalist Jodi Rave, who specializes in covering Indian issues, bucks the trend. Most recently, Rave retuned to Red Lake, where she reports on a recent wave of suicides and suicide attempts among reservation teens.
The most dismal entry:
For the past five years, [Health official Fred] Desjarlait has kept a database of suicide attempts and completions by Red Lake tribal citizens. Last year, 69 teenagers attempted suicide. Since January, 15 youths have tried to kill themselves.
Meanwhile, MPR reports that Red Lake leaders are worried that their plea for more financial assistance from the federal government "has fallen off the funding radar screen."




















