3. What’s Lurking Behind the Suicides at Pine Ridge?

What’s Lurking Behind the Suicides at Pine Ridge?

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Within two weeks of starting my first job teaching high school English here, a veteran teacher told me something he thought was critical to understanding life on Pine Ridge: By the time they reach high school, most of the girls have been molested or raped.

Shortly after his suspension from the federal school, the cheerleader's stepfather was brought on, according to school officials, as an unpaid intern by the reservation's Shannon County school system, which is overseen by the state.

High school students recently petitioned the Pine Ridge school board to create health classes for vulnerable middle school students, and the board unanimously voted to find necessary funding.

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