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Mike Johanns: “Alarmingly, the rate of suicide amongst Indian children in the northern Great Plains is 10 times higher, 10 times higher…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2009
Alarmingly, the rate of suicide amongst Indian children in the northern Great Plains is 10 times higher, 10 times higher than the national average.
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Mike Johanns
Republican · Alaska

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Senator Johanns emphasizes the disproportionate suicide rates in northern Great Plains Native American children.

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