Sweetgrass Society hosting suicide awareness event at Northern

Sweetgrass Society at Montana State University-Northern is hosting an event this week in support of an important cause — suicide awareness.

Sweetgrass Society, the American Indian student organization at Northern, and the American Indian support agency at the university, Little River Institute, will host a suicide awareness walk on the Northern campus beginning 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The society is collaborating with Northern’s Healthy Lifestyle Advocates.

Sweetgrass Society President Aryn Longknife-Jake said the goal is to get as many people attending as possible.

“People attending, that’s the...