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Tribal leaders urge dedicated funding and culturally grounded suicide prevention for California Indian communities
Summary
Tribal leaders at a joint Assembly hearing described disproportionate suicide rates among Native youth and urged the state to fund culturally grounded prevention, create tribal 988 pathways, and set a permanent tribal funding set‑aside.
Tribal leaders, health directors and community advocates urged California lawmakers to pair technical 988 implementation with sustained, culturally grounded investments to address persistently high suicide rates among American Indian and Alaska Native people in the state.
Joe James, chairman of the Yurok Tribe, recounted recent local losses and said his community is both geographically isolated and in urgent need of sustained prevention and crisis resources. “Resources, funding, partnership is critical for us,” he said, describing a prior tribal state of emergency and local investments supported by a BCHIP grant.
Erica Pinto, chairwoman of the Hámul…
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