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Fate of Lakotahs Highlights America's Failed Native American Policies
By Stephen Lendman (about the author) Page 5 of 6 page(s)
-- 40% have no electricity;
-- 60% no telephone;
-- 60% are infected with potentially fatal black molds; and
-- an estimated 17 people on average live in each family home - many with only two or three rooms; some homes built for six to eight people have up to 30 living in them.
Drugs and Alcohol
-- drug addiction afflicts over half of Lakotah adults; two known meth-amphetamine labs are allowed to operate; and
-- alcoholism affects 90% of families.
Disease
-- the tuberculosis rate for Lakotahs is about 800% higher than the US national average;
-- cervical cancer is 500% higher;
-- diabetes 800% higher; and
-- the Federal Commodity Food Program provides sugar-rich foods that cause high rates of diabetes, heart disease, and other preventable illnesses and diseases.
Incarceration
-- the rate for Indian children is 40% higher than for whites;
-- 21% of South Dakotan prisoners are Indians yet they comprise 2% of the population;
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