Following that, and following discussions at the Standing Rock Reservation where I went and met just myself with a good number of high school students to talk to them about their lives, we put together some legislation to try to make mental health treatment and counseling more widely and readily available to young people on Indian reservations.
Dorgan discusses efforts to improve mental health services for youth on reservations.
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