Mental health services in the Pacific Northwest

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On the Wednesday edition of the ICT Newscast, an episode of ‘America’s Hidden Stories’ explores the Osage murders of the 1920s. A historic Colorado River agreement has been reached by tribes and states. With Underscore News, ICT explores mental health in the Pacific Northwest.

The series “America’s Hidden Stories” on the Smithsonian Channel is on its third season. It shares secrets from buried stories in our nation’s history. On Monday, May 29, it will dive into the unsolved murders of the Osage people in the 1920s. The executive producer is Anna Davies. The program director for the White Hair Memorial Osage Learning Center is Tara Damron.

On Monday, Western states reached what’s being called a historic agreement to save the Colorado River. It provides drinking water for 40 million people across seven states and at least 30 tribal nations. ICT regular contributor John Tahsuda joins us once again with more.

Nika Bartoo-Smith is a reporter for Underscore News and ICT. Her reporting largely covers the Pacific Northwest where she’s based out of Portland. She recently filed a story called “A journey of healing,” about the mental health services in Washington state.

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