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.

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.