Indigenous suicide shows our traumatic past is just too heavy a burden | Shannan Dodson

Our families have been stripped of the coping mechanisms all people need – and it’s killing us

It is unacceptable and a national disgrace that there have been at least 35 suicides of Indigenous people this year – in just 12 weeks – and three were children only 12 years old.

The Kimberley region – where my mob are from – has the highest rate of suicide in the country. If the Kimberley was a country it would have the worst suicide rate in the world.

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