Funding for Native Americans' mental health services hit hard by sequestration

Marketplace: Sequester Hits Native Americans' Mental Health Services
Centuries ago, tribes gave up much of their land to the federal government in exchange for promises of funded health care, education and housing. Time and time again those funds have been cut. The sequestration has been no exception. Even though suicide rates are nearly four times the national average, Indian country's mental health services have been hit. Amber Ebarb, a budget and policy analyst with the National Congress of American Indians, says sequestration undermines American-Indian treaty rights, and makes a dire situation even worse (Morales, 7/18).