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Sep 14, 2026
Bianca HolmanCORRESPONDENT
at-risk group.
Bianca HolmanCORRESPONDENT
Suicide rates are higher among men who are white, American Indian, and Alaska Native.
Bianca HolmanCORRESPONDENT
Experts note that men tend to have more access to lethal means and may not share with loved ones that they're struggling mentally and emotionally.
speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As a culture, world culture, men are... have learned to stuff their emotions, that they're not often useful.
Katherine Gergen BarnettGUEST
Um, women are more affected than men.
Katherine Gergen BarnettGUEST
And actually, uh, if you break down ethnicities and race, uh, they said that Indian Alaskans are the most affected, and Asian Americans are the least affected.
Katherine Gergen BarnettGUEST
Um, and so, you know, as a physician, we actually see this in primary care all the time, people presenting with fatigue and having to really parse out what's physiological, what's psychological.
Katherine Gergen BarnettGUEST
Um, you know, how well, first of all, are you sleeping? So we do know that, uh, sleep disorders are a huge part of fatigue.
Max EasleyGUEST
The one on the right, Pika, this is a big deal for the state of Alaska.
Max EasleyGUEST
The reason I say that, there's two things Alaskans have wanted for 30 years.
Max EasleyGUEST
One's a gas line and one is competition on the North Slope.
Max EasleyGUEST
We represent both of those, by the way, because we're a competitor and likely the first shipper in that pipeline.
Bill HandelHOST
Oh, just a quick sideline before I get into, uh, one of the reasons.
Bill HandelHOST
Uh, American Indian, Native Alaskan, Na- uh, adults have the highest rate of fatigue, uh, frequent fatigue, 25%, followed by white adults, 18%.
Bill HandelHOST
Black adults, uh, don't seem to have as much fatigue.
Bill HandelHOST
Uh, Hispanic adults are next, and, uh, Asian adults having the lowest rate of frequent fatigue.
Fred HarveyHOST
they didn't go anywhere towards explaining why.
Fred HarveyHOST
Um, they also noticed that Native Indigenous Americans and Inuits, Alaskans, uh, they have the highest incidence.
Fred HarveyHOST
About 25% of all of them have trouble, 18% of white people, 17% of Black people, 13% of Hispanic people, 7% of Asian people.
Fred HarveyHOST
Um, the South and the Midwest are around 17%, 18% reporting, uh, the West 14%, Northeast only 9%.
Bianca HolmanCORRESPONDENT
group.
Bianca HolmanCORRESPONDENT
Suicide rates are higher among men who are white, American Indian, and Alaska Native.
Bianca HolmanCORRESPONDENT
Experts note that men tend to have more access to lethal means and may not share with loved ones that they're struggling mentally and emotionally.
speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As a culture, world culture, men are have learned to stuff their emotions, that they're not often useful.
Sammy AlleyHOST
Most recently, Tina has been putting beadwork to work as a source of connection and healing.
Sammy AlleyHOST
Through grant funding and partnerships with the Bunnell Street Art Center and the Pepita Foundation Disaster Fund, she is teaching bead weaving to Alaskans who were displaced by Typhoon Halong.
Sammy AlleyHOST
Tina's work is a wonderful example of how beads carry culture and create community and bring people together.
Sammy AlleyHOST
And she has a new role as a curator of the art gallery at Alaska Pacific
Barbara PetersHOST
And as I was saying, you know, before we started, I love the idea that we are now looking at Alaska.
Barbara PetersHOST
We're talking about Native Alaskan folklore and supernatural thrills.
Barbara PetersHOST
And, you know, they're calling it indigenous horror.
Barbara PetersHOST
But so, you know, Alaska hasn't been American forever.
Che JimHOST
The research confirmed what Taino people already knew, that they're still here, despite the efforts of what they call a paper genocide, meaning a sort of erasure from history through what might otherwise seem like boring old paperwork.
Che JimHOST
Fortunately, by the 2010 census, Puerto Ricans could label themselves as American Indian or Alaskan Native.
Che JimHOST
And awareness for Taino ancestry continues to grow.
Che JimHOST
In 2016, a group of researchers from across Europe, the US, and Mexico was able to sequence and analyze ancient Taino DNA from a 1,000-year-old tooth found on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
DracHOST
So recently, I went to a wedding in Alaska.
DaimlosHOST
Who gets married in Alaska other than Alaskans?
DracHOST
People that live in Alaska.
DaimlosHOST
Oh, that would do it.
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