The Native Village of Unalakleet (NVU) is located on Norton Sound, on the eastern shores of the Bering Sea, at the mouth of the Unalakleet River. NVU has over 1,500 enrolled tribal members, with a year-round residential population of 704. 17% of these residents (120) are between the ages of 10-19. The Alaska Native Epidemiology Center at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Anchorage reported the Norton Sound Tribal Region with the highest rate of suicide (81.6 per 100,000 population) anywhere within Alaska for the 2002-2011 time period, more than six times that of U.S. Whites (74.5:12.6), almost four times higher than the state average (74.5:19.6) and twice the average mortality rate for all AN (74.5:39.7).NVU's Native Connections (NC) proposal is for the development of a Tier 1 (Universal) project for a suicide prevention approach. Cultural prevention strategies will be developed for all young people in the tribal community. The NC Project will work to develop a broad-base of community support for at-risk youth to strengthen resiliencies and to impart a sense of cultural belonging. NC will engage youth and adults in gatherings and talking circles for planning and strategizing, to help bridge the gap between the generations. The strategies developed for implementation during Years 2-5 will build upon the traditional wisdom and cultural knowledge of Elders within the community through shared activities. The overall Prevention Project goal is to develop balance and well-being for Youth by strengthening cultural ties with Elders and other community members in order to impart a sense of place and belonging, to solidly anchor young individuals within the larger tribal community. The project objective is to build youth resiliencies by reinforcing traditional Alaska Native values such as unconditional love, generosity, respect, patience, kindness and caring.