ROSEBUD, S.D. (AP) - Leaders on the Rosebud Indian Reservation are worried about a recent spike in suicides and attempts.
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement officers responded to three deaths by suicide and 197 attempts in 2006. Through March of this year, police had been called to three completed suicides and 51 attempts.
Whether the rise is part of a cyclical pattern or the start of something worse, Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Rodney Bordeaux wants to do something about it immediately.
He's declared a state of emergency with the hope of bringing in more federal funding to boost suicide prevention efforts on the reservation.
''We're hoping to prevent some in the future,'' Bordeaux said. ''You just don't know.''
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