Designed to help alleviate some of the health problems among American Indians and Eskimos, this booklet covers suicide, homicide, and alcoholism. It can be used to provide: (1) "how-to" guidelines which describe ways for recognizing, handling, and preventing possible suicides among American Indians; and (2) survey data and literature for use as a planning guide in the development of crisis intervention and suicide prevention programs. Contents include: tribal and population data; Indian health problems; the current status of Indian suicide and alcoholism; old ways versus new: problems of transition; how to identify potential suicides; 10 preventive steps (suicide); ingredients of an Indian suicide prevention program; how to prevent suicide in jails; Indian homicide; Indian alcoholism; facts about alcohol; how dependency develops (alcohol); group resources for rehabilitation; multidisciplinary resources; incidence and severity of the Indian alcohol problem; alcoholism among young people; and causes of suicides related to alcoholism. The 6 recommendations cover workshops, information centers, teacher training, crisis intervention centers, newsletters, and audiovisual information. Appendices give population data and community mental health centers serving Indians and Eskimos. (KM)