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Looking in, looking out: coping with adolescent suicide in the Cree and Ojibway communities of northern Ontario
Canadian journal of native studies • 11 (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 1-24
By: Minore, B., Boone, M., Katt, M., Kinch. P..
Abstract
This is a study of adolescent suicide among northern Ontario Cree and Ojibwa. A total of 26,101 (1990) First Nation people live in northern Ontario above the 50th parallel. Two-thirds of this population are under thirty. In 1990 there were 143 attempted and 10 known suicides in the Sioux Lookout Zone, which includes 27 of the area's 46 communities. Since 1986, when records were first kept, the suicide rate has been twice the national rate, four-fifths of known suicides were under the age of 24, and four out of five suicides were male. The study was conducted at a three-day session in Thunder Bay and involved a cross-section of 205 First Nation people who discussed the issue in focus group workshops. The report identifies causal factors both internal and external to individuals and communities, and discusses ways of empowering the community to deal with the problem.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Government Official
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field Date
- 1990
- Coverage Date
- 1986-1990
- Coverage Place
- Twentieth Century Ojibwa, Northern Ontario, Canada
- Notes
- B. Minore, M. Boone, M. Katt, P. Kinch
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-24)
- LCCN
- 91660059
- LCSH
- Ojibwa Indians