Indigenous suicide shows our traumatic past is just too heavy a burden [theguardian.com]

Alicia Doktor 4/2/194:00 AM

It is unacceptable and a national disgrace that there have been at least 35 suicides of Indigenous people this year – in just 12 weeks – and three were children only 12 years old.

The Kimberley region – where my mob are from – has the highest rate of suicide in the country. If the Kimberley was a country it would have the worst suicide rate in the world.

A recent inquest investigated 13 deaths which occurred in the Kimberley region in less than four years, including five children aged between 10 and 13.

[For more on this story by Shannan Dodson, go to https://www.theguardian.com/co...t-too-heavy-a-burden]

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