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3/4/2007 2:35:17 AM	asians at the bottom of the totem pole lol
aiming4justice Mount Pleasant, PA age: 44	Alcoholism § Alcoholism affects 8 out of 10 families on the Reservation. § The death rate from alcohol-related problems on the Reservation is 300% higher than the remaining US population. § The Oglala Lakota Nation has prohibited the sale and possession of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation since the early 1970's. However, the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (which sits 400 yards off the Reservation border in a contested "buffer" zone) has approximately 14 residents and four liquor stores which sell over 4,100,000 cans of beer each year resulting in a $3,000,000 annual trade. Unlike other Nebraska communities, Whiteclay exists only to sell liquor and make money. It has no schools, no churches, no civic organizations, no parks, no benches, no public bathrooms, no fire service and no law enforcement. Tribal officials have repeatedly pleaded with the State of Nebraska to close these liquor stores or enforce the State laws regulating liquor stores but have been consistently refused. Water and Aquifer Contamination § Many wells and much of the water and land on the Reservation is contaminated with pesticides and other poisons from farming, mining, open dumps, and commercial and governmental mining operations outside the Reservation. A further source of contamination is buried ordnance and hazardous materials from closed U.S. military bombing ranges on the Reservation. § Scientific studies show that the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer which begins underneath the Pine Ridge Reservation is predicted to run dry in less than 30 years due to commercial interest use and dryland farming in numerous states south of the Reservation. This critical North American underground water resource is not renewable at anything near the present consumption rate. The recent years of drought have simply accelerated the problem. § Scientific studies show that much of the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer has been contaminated with farming pesticides and commercial, factory, mining, and industrial contaminants in the States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
3/4/2007 2:36:53 AM	asians at the bottom of the totem pole lol
aiming4justice Mount Pleasant, PA age: 44	Sovereignty and Tribal Government § By Treaty, the Tribal nations are considered to have sovereign governmental status. They have a special government to government relationship with the United States. Interactions with the U.S. Government and the Department of Interior (and its Bureau of Indian Affairs) are supposed to be through Treaty negotiations and most Federal programs (such as Indian Health Services) were purchased by the Tribal nations (usually with land) and guaranteed by Treaty. This is specifically true for the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation of the Pine Ridge Reservation. § The Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Tribe. The Tribe is governed by an elected body consisting of a 5 member Executive Committee and an 18 member Tribal Council, all of whom serve a two year term. Hope § Currently, there are various efforts underway to implement innovative techniques and solutions to Reservation problems. These projects include community volunteer groups, alternative education programs, wind or water energy initiatives, substance abuse programs, cultural and language programs, employment opportunities, cottage industries, promotion of artists and musicians, small co-op businesses, etc. However, funding for these programs is highly limited. § There are several very small projects now working to help with the housing shortage. Some of these involve using donated mobile homes, community-built sod housing, other community-built housing (such as Habitat for Humanity), exploring possible use of unused FEMA mobile homes, and other alternate solutions. Unfortunately, funding is highly limited. § The Tribal Council Housing Authority is working as hard as it can to build new homes and repair existing structures but it is limited by the small, limited amount of funding available. § There are a few reputable small non-profit organizations attempting to sincerely assist the people of the Pine Ridge Reservation in their efforts to resolve and mitigate existing problems. However, funding for these programs is currently highly limited. § There is one small independent (non-IHS) clinic on the Reservation at the community of Porcupine. It was founded and is controlled by the Lakota community. It just recently obtained its first dialysis machine and runs an aggressive program to combat diabetes. However, funding is very limited and is obtained locally and through grants. § The Oglala Lakota are a determined, intelligent, and proud People who are working hard to over-come their Reservation problems. Against all odds, with minimal resources, they are slowly working to re-claim their self-sufficiency, their culture, and their life.
3/4/2007 2:45:30 AM	asians at the bottom of the totem pole lol
aiming4justice Mount Pleasant, PA age: 44	We make our own life, the evil white man is not your problem. You can blame him, you can think you are a failure because of him, but in the end the problem is yours. That's okay. We'll fix it.
3/4/2007 5:18:31 AM	asians at the bottom of the totem pole lol
whitehawk Eugene, OR age: 53	Standing ovation my sister........ As I tried to tell Mr chucky.... He seems to continue having this need to blame us for the current conditions..or maybe not so much that,,but that we are a contributor as to why the native peoples can't pull themselves up by the bootstraps.that it is (my) attitude that continues to bring Native America down...I guess I get to be singled out for the month...lol... His few trips to some southwest rez's have given him all this knowledge of true indian life it seems..and we don't really know anything,,,But what we do know..is it is people like my self that bring Native Americans down and keep them suppressed..etc... Oh yeah..another key word here,,Exploit our own brothers and sisters... We ,who do battle over the injust treatments that some of our brothers and sisters are subjected to by "white" america... Chucky... lets get this perfectly clear... Non of us exploit one another,,, non of us continues to keep putting our brothers and sister in the current conditions that some find them selves in.. If we do " battle" it is to bring to attention to "white" america..the "real" life living situations of current Native America!You don't see 60 minutes talking about the Native American on its show... You don't see us on shows such as Oprah... Now why is that Chucky? We are the forgotten people's... No one want to deal with the fact that their ancestors placed us in the living conditions currently..that the lands have been taken away,, that many transgressions went on..etc...that billions of dollars never went to where it was suppose to go.... Native America on TV??? oh no!! we can't have that! this country has people who are starving,,homelesss,,no jobs,,, standing in lines to get food... and this is "white" america... the government turn a blind eye to the existing conditions of it own country,,, Health care?? what the hell is that?? there's no place..or time..to address the Native America part in this..they can't deal with the very things I just mentioned ,,much less Native America issues... My Sisters have spoken the truth as plain as day... We may forgive,,,But we will NEVER FORGET!!!! Whitehawk
3/4/2007 6:27:28 AM	asians at the bottom of the totem pole lol
aiming4justice Mount Pleasant, PA age: 44	Okay Whitehawk...this is the plan. I'll leave Pennsylvania tonight, pick up Chucky in Indiana and you meet us at Pine Ridge. We're going to put as many Lakota as we can in the community center, hold a ceremony, dance a little and then we will let Chucky tell them the are living this way because it's their own fault. That it is their problem. He can be a new motivational speaker. But after that, I think you and I will leave together because I will need company for the ride home. Fry bread and coffee at my house.
3/4/2007 7:58:57 AM	asians at the bottom of the totem pole lol
whitehawk Eugene, OR age: 53	Ok ..your on... Hmmm..Fry bread??/ thats my weakness, I do bout anything for frybread,,, When we meeting up at Pineridge???? LOL Whitehawk

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