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Protecting What's Sacred

Protecting What's Sacred

Written by: Native News Online
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A two-part podcast examining how Native communities are confronting youth suicide — not only through Western mental health models, but through culture, language, ceremony, and community-rooted approaches that have sustained Indigenous people for generations.


For this project, supported by the USC Annenberg School for Health Journalism, Native News Online Senior Health Editor Elyse Wild spoke with Native leaders, clinicians, and young people about what prevention looks like when it’s grounded in culture. Here’s part one.”


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Episodes
  • 'You Are Never Alone'

    'You Are Never Alone'
    Mar 1 2026

    Protecting What’s Sacred is a two-part podcast examining how Native communities are confronting youth suicide — not only through Western mental health models, but through culture, language, ceremony, and community-rooted approaches that have sustained Indigenous people for generations.

    “For this project, supported by the USC Annenberg School for Health Journalism, I spoke with Native leaders, clinicians, and young people about what prevention looks like when it’s grounded in culture. Here’s part two.
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    16 mins
  • 'Our Culture is Prevention'

    'Our Culture is Prevention'
    Mar 1 2026

    Protecting What’s Sacred is a two-part podcast examining how Native communities are confronting youth suicide — not only through Western mental health models, but through culture, language, ceremony, and community-rooted approaches that have sustained Indigenous people for generations.

    “For this project, supported by the USC Annenberg School for Health Journalism, I spoke with Native leaders, clinicians, and young people about what prevention looks like when it’s grounded in culture. Here’s part one.
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    15 mins
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