Fate of Lakotahs Highlights America's Failed Native American Policies

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-- Lahotah men have the world's lowest life expectancy at 44 years;

-- the Lakotah death rate is the highest in America;

-- the Lakotah infant mortality rate is three time the US average;

-- one-fourth of Lakotah children are fostered or adopted by non-Indian households - a willful Americanization policy to destroy their culture and existence;

-- Lakotahs have epidemic levels of disease and illness; and

-- teenage Lakotah suicide is 150% higher than the US national average.

Poverty

-- median income is a shocking $2600 - $3500 a year;

-- 97% of Lakotahs live below the poverty line - unmatched anywhere in the world except by other indigenous peoples; and

-- most families can't afford heating oil, wood, propane or any way to heat homes.

Unemployment

-- it's at 80% or higher; and

-- government funding for job creation is lost through cronyism and corruption.

Housing

-- it's so inadequate that many elderly die each winter from hypothemia (freezing to death);

-- one-third of homes lack clean water and sewage;

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