List of Resouces:

• Alaska Dept. of Health has a statewide Care Line for suicide prevention and help 877-266-HELP (4357). Click here for more information.


• An international Crisis Text Line: Text 741741


• A federal law was passed in 2021 to make 988 the designated hotline for suicide and other mental health crises. 988 will be available nationwide starting July 16, 2022. In the meantime, call 800-273-TALK (8255).


• Thirty Years Later: The Long-Term Effects of Boarding Schools on Alaska Natives and Their Communities, by Diane Hirschberg and Suzanne Sharp, published by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska, September2005.


• Adverse Childhood Experiences: Overcoming ACEs in Alaska, published by the State of Alaska's Dept. Health and Social Services, ABADA/AMHB, January 2015.


• Economic Costs of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Alaska: The Cost of Not Intervening, published by the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, ABADA/AMHB, June 2018.


• National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Elders, Boarding School Project: Mental Health Outcome