This piece was reprinted by OpEd News with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.
-- 40% have no electricity;-- 60% no telephone;
-- 60% are infected with potentially fatal black molds; and
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;
-- Indians have the second largest state prison incarceration rate in the nation after blacks; and
Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).