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Fate of Lakotahs Highlights America's Failed Native American Policies
By Stephen Lendman (about the author) Page 4 of 6 page(s)
-- Lahotah men have the world's lowest life expectancy at 44 years;
-- the Lakotah death rate is the highest in America;
-- the Lakotah infant mortality rate is three time the US average;
-- one-fourth of Lakotah children are fostered or adopted by non-Indian households - a willful Americanization policy to destroy their culture and existence;
-- Lakotahs have epidemic levels of disease and illness; and
-- teenage Lakotah suicide is 150% higher than the US national average.
Poverty
-- median income is a shocking $2600 - $3500 a year;
-- 97% of Lakotahs live below the poverty line - unmatched anywhere in the world except by other indigenous peoples; and
-- most families can't afford heating oil, wood, propane or any way to heat homes.
Unemployment
-- it's at 80% or higher; and
-- government funding for job creation is lost through cronyism and corruption.
Housing
-- it's so inadequate that many elderly die each winter from hypothemia (freezing to death);
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