Indigenous men face unique mental health challenges. This week, they're invited to open up about their struggles at a conference in Moab.
It will be the second year Pete Sands with the Utah Navajo Health System has organized this first-of-its-kind conference. He said the focus this year will be on young adult men and their roles as fathers.
Sands felt it would be beneficial to showcase speakers from different backgrounds who have similar stories.Professional bull rider Keyshawn WhitehorseGary Mike, father of Ashlynne Mike, who was kidnapped and murdered in New Mexico "They're stuck between traditional and outside world. A lot of the questions I get is: If I learn my culture, what good is it to me outside of our world?" Sands said.
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