Torn between their native culture and that of the surrounding American society, Indian reservations have often been visited by despair and violence. The Native American suicide rate is far above the national average, but even that depressing fact could not account for the events of the past two months at the Wind River Reservation (pop. 6,000) in Wyoming, where nine young tribesmen have taken their lives. That rate is some 24 times the average for Indian men ages 15 to 24, and 60 times the national figure. Last week tribal elders returned to a long-abandoned tradition in the hope of saving...
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