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Table 2 List of community and cultural assets to address suicide identified by TAB through asset mapping

From: Planning for implementation and sustainability of a community-based suicide surveillance system in a Native American community

Community assets

 IHS Behavioral Health

 Health Promotion Disease Prevention (HPDP)

 Montana Office of Public Instruction - System of Care Tribal Wraparound Project

 Traditional Individuals (Lodge Family, Sundance)

 Natural Helpers

 Crisis Response Team

 Youth Council

 Spotted Bull Resource and Recovery Center

 Northeastern Montana Health Services

 Families/organic systems

 Law Enforcement

 Red Bird Woman Center

 Tribal Courts

Cultural assets

 People who are traditional and open to helping others develop their cultural knowledge

 Creator’s Game

 Medicine Wheel

 Language Department at Fort Peck Tribal College

 Ceremony (Sundance, Sweat Lodge, Medicine Lodge)

 Resilience of tribal people

 Elders who know language and traditions

 Lessons that can be applied to life situations