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Heidi Heitkamp: “I do not think anyone here thinks that suicide is anything other than a symptom of what are clearly conditions that many…”

On the recordJune 23, 2015
I do not think anyone here thinks that suicide is anything other than a symptom of what are clearly conditions that many children on the reservation and in Indian Country exist in, creating stress.
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Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Heitkamp emphasizes that suicide reflects underlying issues faced by children in Indian Country.

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