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HISLE, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow, a 20-year-old member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, has witnessed the untimely deaths of numerous individuals in her community. Having lost six friends and acquaintances to suicide, two to car accidents, and one to appendicitis, in addition to four relatives who passed away in their 30s or 40s from …

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