Rosebud Grapples with Suicide Epidemic

Yesterday the Argus Leader reported on the epidemic of suicides on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Since 2005, at least 28 tribal members - most of them teens and 20-somethings - have killed themselves by various means. In 2007 alone, the reservation's suicide rate was 141 per 100,000 people - and 201 per 100,000 for males ages 15 to 24. Some experts say that is the suicide rate in the world. That compares to a national rate in America of 11 or 12 per 100,000.