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I visited Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota a few weeks ago and I was shocked. Later, I came to find out that Shannon County, SD- the county where Pine Ridge, SD is in is one of the poorest in the USA.
Some of the homes I saw on the reservation were in almost unlivable conditions- with so much land and resources, it is really hard to understand why Indian reservations are some of the poorest places in the USA. Any explanations?
I visited Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota a few weeks ago and I was shocked. Later, I came to find out that Shannon County, SD- the county where Pine Ridge, SD is in is one of the poorest in the USA.
Some of the homes I saw on the reservation were in almost unlivable conditions- with so much land and resources, it is really hard to understand why Indian reservations are some of the poorest places in the USA. Any explanations?
Maybe had whites left them alone, they would be okay. Whites do have a history of wrecking the lives of people for their own selfish gain.
I visited Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota a few weeks ago and I was shocked. Later, I came to find out that Shannon County, SD- the county where Pine Ridge, SD is in is one of the poorest in the USA.
Some of the homes I saw on the reservation were in almost unlivable conditions- with so much land and resources, it is really hard to understand why Indian reservations are some of the poorest places in the USA. Any explanations?
I think it's cause deep down inside, Native Americans still haven't really adapted to or embraced the whole 'consumerism' way of life or cult...
Look at how they were living before forced onto reservations...
Their life, their structure, none of it had to do with 'Walmart'...or buying...
It was a spiritual based existance...there was no 'capitolism'...just survival, family, territory, ceremonies and villiage...
Some may laugh at that and call it 'primitave'...but I'm willing to bet on average, many folks back then, got way more out of life, than your typical inner city dweller does today...who sits in a stuffy apartment watching Jerry Springer...
Not all cultures were meant for this modern day 'debt class' society...
Where all that you are or can be, is reduced to an hourly wage...
I think they yearn for their past...not our past, but their past...where they can once again be free to roam and chase the spirits...
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I suspect that it comes from over a century of dependence upon our federal government. All they knew before was hunting. Once they had their lands stolen and were forced to move to reservations, the government promised to feed and cloth them. Once subsidies were thrown in, like drug addicts to a drug dealer - many NA's were hooked. I don't believe this would have happened if they kept their lands and their lifestyles (until such time as they changed their lifestyles on their own). Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he feeds himself for a lifetime. NA's knew how to fish (hunt), but were forced to accept free fish from Uncle Sam.
Somewhat romanticized but basically a correct assessment. Even so of us cuturalized white folk could care less about what the others are paid or how they spend it.
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