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Youth Leaders Attend Suicide Prevention Training

Carrie Manning told the

Northern Plains Independent

that members of Nakoda Dakota Oyate Youth Council attended a SafeTALK suicide prevention training Jan. 9 at the Spotted Bull Recovery Center in Poplar. Said Manning, “SafeTALK training is a simple tool to introduce the conversation and recognize the signs of someone in need of help. Five of the NDO students attended and a couple adults attended. A total of seven people got certified in SafeTALK.”

The SafeTALK program focuses on developing tools for providing practical help to individuals at risk for suicide and/or self-harm.

NDO is a group of youth leaders from across the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Reservation. They represent each of their communities and their schools. The purpose is to promote and nurture understanding of becoming leaders within the schools, community and the reservation. Each school year a new group is elected by their peers. Current officials for the group include chair Ethan Blount of Wolf Point, vice-chair Mo Bighorn of Brockton, secretary Jillian Norain (Wolf Point), treasurer Kristina Alexander (Poplar) and sargent-at-arms Jesse Owen (Frazer). Wolf Point’s Azalei Ackerman is listed as a representative.

The NDO youth council meets by-weekly at Spotted Bull Recovery Resource Center in Poplar at 2 p.m. The next meeting is set for Jan. 23. For more information about SafeTALK, visit livingworks. net/safetalk.

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