This is NOT Just a one Reservation Problem!
This disturbing story barely touches the reality that is everyday
life on many Reservations in the United States.
As the woman said, people have better shacks for their lawnmowers
than these people live in.
One needs only travel to anywhere, to any state, in America and
spend a few minutes on a Indian (Native American) Reservation to understand that these same conditions are everywhere in Indian Country.
An example is the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, one of the most impoverished places in America, where many Elders have no indoor plumbing, some even have no windows, many do not have enough warm clothes, and this is an area with 60 degree below zero winters.
It is difficult to see so many Hollywood stars traveling all over the world to bring awareness to the plights of other people, when the conditions on many Reservations in this Country are just as bad, if not worse.
When will those who have everything in this country, even acknowledge that many of the First People of this land are in trouble and need their help just as much as those thousands of miles away most of which we can never help because their government do not want our help?
What is that old saying?
Charity begins at Home!
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