Find suicide prevention resources devoted to First Nation communities and individuals.
| Aboriginal Youth - A Manual of Promising Suicide Prevention Strategies - http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/go.aspx?tabid=144 Browse to become familiar with this resource that provides health care works with the tools to set up an effective suicide prevention program. - [Read more] |
| Acting On What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/pubs/suicide/prev_youth-jeunes/index_e.html Read this Health Canada report online or download it in PDF format. - [Read more] |
| Acting On What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations Part 2 - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/pubs/suicide/prev_youth-jeunes/section2_5_e.html Published by Health Canada, learn why First Nations suicide occurs more often in males. - [Read more] |
| Ayn Health Centre: Suicide - http://www.ayn.ca/health/suicide.aspx Discover this guide designed for youth. See resources and tips offered. - [Read more] |
| Confederacy of Nations - Resolution 11 - http://www.afn.ca/article.asp?id=2180 Discover the resolution made in 2000, relating to youth suicide. - [Read more] |
| Health Problems in American Indian / Alaska Native Women: Suicide - http://www.4woman.gov/minority/americanindian/suicide.cfm Shares a description of the problem of suicide in Native communities. Find publications and organizations. - [Read more] |
| Homicide and Suicide Among Native Americans, 1979-1992 - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/natam.htm Explore this Center for Disease Control report, available in PDF format and HTML. - [Read more] |
| indianz.com - Senate hearing addresses Native youth suicide - http://indianz.com/News/2005/008798.asp Notes that Sen. Byron Dorgan said it was important to raise awareness about the extremely high rates of suicide among American Indian and Alaska Native youth. - [Read more] |
| Manitoba Aboriginal and Northern Affairs : Suicide - http://www.gov.mb.ca/ana/apm2000/2/d.html Offers national suicide rates for Canadian and First Nations populations for 1989-93. - [Read more] |
| Native Americans struggle with suicide epidemic - http://www.geocities.com/honoryourspirit/nasuicide.html Notes Native youths kill themselves at a rate nearly twice the national average, according to the Center for Disease Control. - [Read more] |
| OPC Today - Suicide Prevention for Aboriginal Youth - http://www.blogs.opc.on.ca/?p=38 The Healthy Aboriginal Network has released suicide prevention comic book, called Darkness Calls, for youth, visual learners and hard to reach populations. - [Read more] |
| Stephen's Web - Alarming Article on First Nations Suicide - http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=137 Read this article written by Stephen Downes. - [Read more] |
| Suicide Among Aboriginal People: Royal Commission Report - http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/mr131-e.htm Read this 1995 study prepared by Nancy Miller Chenier. See section on contributing Factors - [Read more] |
| Suicide Among Canada's Native People - http://www.religioustolerance.org/sui_nati.htm Become familiar with this report by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. - [Read more] |
| Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention Among Native American Youth - http://www.healingofnations.org/ Browse Black Bear's Healing of Nations resource that includes art and the healing process and wisdom of the elders. - [Read more] |
| Turtle Island Native Network - Healing: Suicide - http://www.turtleisland.org/healing/healing-suicide.htm Offers a selection of resources designed for First Nations people. - [Read more] |
| White Stone: Training for Youth Educators - http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/go.aspx?tabid=140 Learn about this Aboriginal youth suicide prevention training for youth educators offered by the Centre for Suicide Prevention. - [Read more] |
| Za-Geh-Do-Win - http://www.za-geh-do-win.com/ Offers resources related to health, family healing and family violence for First Nations communities in Ontario, Canada. - [Read more] |
