CNN article - Ziebach County (Yale: 2009, attorney, homes)

[MJ1986]

King: Life is bare bones on the Lakota reservation - CNN.com
This was on the front page of cnn.com.
I'm not trying to start a debate or anything... I know that was done before.
It's just a sad story... I wish the government would do more for them.

[rjl78]

What more can the government do? The citizens there are going to also have to put forth effort.

In fact my cousin is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Here is the kicker... She in an attorney who went to law school at Yale... She was a law clerk with the South Dakota Supreme Court. By no means a slouch and took the initiative to better herself. The best part, she is proud of her heritage.

She sister is surgical nurse who worked for for what she got. Again proud of who she is, and her heritage. But they both worked hard to get what they wanted out of life.

[Raena77]

Originally Posted by MJ1986

King: Life is bare bones on the Lakota reservation - CNN.com
This was on the front page of cnn.com.
I'm not trying to start a debate or anything... I know that was done before.
It's just a sad story... I wish the government would do more for them.

Ask this guy for help 23-year-old rancher from poor area of South Dakota claims $232.1M Powerball jackpot

[AlaskaErik]

54 years old and he had two combat tours in Viet Nam? That would put him at 18 in 1973. In early 1973 the last combat troops were pulled out of there. This isn't passing the sniff test.

[jmgg]

Originally Posted by AlaskaErik

54 years old and he had two combat tours in Viet Nam? That would put him at 18 in 1973. In early 1973 the last combat troops were pulled out of there. This isn't passing the sniff test.

I was thinking that to. I'm 54 and soon to be 55. I did not go through the draft. The last year of birth that actually were drafted were those born in 1952. If I had volunteered for service I would have had to volunteer to go to Nam since we were in the process of pulling out and new recruits were not being sent there unless they wanted to. One tour would have been all the possible time that I could have gotten in there.

The first thing to straighten out the indian reservations is to get rid of the silly "we're a soverign nation" thing. THEN triple the law enforcement (and NOT just BIA police, but federal officers) to get rid of the growing gang/thug problem giving the indian people who want to better their situation safety. You'll be able to bring in more services and housing that will stay good and not get destroyed with better law enforcement.

It is a horrible situation on the SD reservations. Nothing will ever improve until these first steps above are done. Granted, it's just the start, but it would be progress which is more than we have now.

[SDHomesteader]

Originally Posted by rjl78

What more can the government do?

Yeah their busy enough trying to screw the rest of us!!!!!!!

[rjl78]

Originally Posted by SDHomesteader

Yeah their busy enough trying to screw the rest of us!!!!!!!

No kidding!