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Torn between their native culture and that of the surrounding American society, Indian reservations have often been visited by despair and violence. The Native American suicide rate is far above the national average, but even that depressing fact could not account for the events of the past two months at the Wind River Reservation (pop. 6,000) in Wyoming, where nine young tribesmen have taken their lives. That rate is some 24 times the average for Indian men ages 15 to 24, and 60 times the national figure. Last week tribal elders returned to a long-abandoned tradition...
...apart from American society, yet unable to escape its corrosive influence on tribal life, young Indians often face suicidal despair. "Our Creator can be cruel when he wants to open our eyes," says Wes Martel of the Shoshone Business Council. "Our tribes have great elders, but we have not used them to provide for our children's spiritual needs." To help the young recover some of their cultural identity, elders at Wind River are introducing students to a tribal tradition that may ease their plight. In the past few days, teachers and clinic workers have reported that the wave...
Unfortunately for the once-a-year rowing fan, rooting for Harvard isn't that easy. But don't despair, there'll be numerous opportunities to egg on both the Crimson and the Black & White...
...despair. One small remem brance of that sunny season that has yet to succumb. Steven Spielberg's summer hit Back to the Future is still playing at the Sack Charles, and we need it now more than ever...
...Lukas' hands they still have the power to move. No reader, no matter what his political or social views, can fail to be affected by the Irish Catholic family, declining into an acrimony that leaves all of its members diminished; by the black family, breaking up in despair; or by the white liberals, who in the end give up on the South End, retreating to a Victorian house in the suburbs...