THE INDIAN PEOPLE NEED ASSISTANCE, THEY ARE FREE SPIRITED PEOPLE & CANNOT LIVE IN A CAGE OF POVERTY, THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO A SMALL CORNER OF DESPAIR. THEY HAVE CHILDREN THAT NEED TO SEE HOPE NOT HELL.
When you take the land from the people they can no longer live as they have lived for thousands of years. You kill their elders so they have no history, you teach them your language so they have no voice. Then you give them whiskey and you wonder why they sit there and get drunk. What else is there to do? America you are done, your turn to reap what you have sown.
The government has built homes on the rez and u destroy them and the government tries to help the native Americans but they have come to believe they are "owed" a living. Time to stop whining get over it and do something about it. Move, get an education, find a job, pay your bills, prove who you really are and then maybe you will EARN some respect. Why do you think you deserve a hand out? And yes I am part Sioux and no one helps me out but myself......
The saddest part is that this doesn't have to be like this. The people have been forced into it with white economics. Money was made, or at least presented to be, a necessity. Coupled with taxation and being held onto reservations, it becomes an exceedingly toxic situation.
Although people on this and other reservations are working hard to improve the conditions of their people, the poverty and problems of unemployment, abuse and violence remain. The government should take responsibility for this and take serious action to help the people get a better life. Before the whites came to this land, the people had a worthy life. It is time to make amends...
The Govt Should give these Natives Billions of Dollars since this is Their land. They put them in Useless Reservation to say that they gave these Natives a Land. What land? What damn land you can't grow anything in these Reservations, they are useless. And then the president and president's family are living like kings. And all politicians making so much money while the REAL Americans(Natives) are suffering like this.
I wonder if U.S. government is not ashamed by such 3rd world like living conditions in the heart of their country (I`m really shocked, I`m german and I knew nothing about this). I mean they want to bring their lifestyle to the rest of the world - WHAT AN ADVERTISING!! I hope strongly that the inhabitants in pine ridge reservation find solutions for most of their problems by themselves. Don`t wait that others will do!! Feel free to discuss with me.
thats nothing where i come its one of the highest shootings in canada watch this video!!! (Rich Canadian Reserve Becomes a Gang War Zone (Part 1 Of 2)
Honestly, no trash service- organize atleast! Dig a damn pit with a shovel if you have to ! Even if your poor, it doesnt make an excuse for PURE LAZINESS! Oh, by the way, I am native too and my house and yard are clean, I kicked the drinking habit years ago and have beautiful well taken care of children! Beautiful house, marriage, and a beautiful LIFE! GOD and HARD WORK! and PRIDE! It takes one person to start a chain reaction in a community. Want Better for yourself! IT starts with you!
@ganeeneepie You make a good point that people need to take initiative and own their issues ... but when this is all people have known, when their will is broken from nearly day one, how do you motivate someone who has already lost all hope?
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I couldn't give a rats ass about these useless indians, all they do is blame the white man and do nothing else. I have no pity for them.
However I feel terrible for the helpless animals. Indians are too stupid
to get their animals fixed, hence the reason they are outside with no shelter, no food. That breaks my fucking heart, I would give money to help them. But these drunken, lazy useless Indians I wouldn't piss on any of them if they were on fire. They put themselves in their situation.
@sarabower1 The white man took away their land. The white man killed off the buffalo. They forced them into a place with terrible climate. But how can one judge a race by a person? Impossible. So think before you say such things that aren't true.
@Nawal: It is difficult to put your trash in a dumpster when you do not have any trash service--because you're too poor.
@Kylem: Getting indignant is wasted energy. It won't change people's views, but education will.
@hotguy: Many people on Pine Ridge will supplement their diets with game, but they are not "wild" people anymore. Settlers "tamed" them, and then left them to die in their new world. They have been left with the worst land with the worst climates (can't grow much in Pine Ridge).
Pick ur trash up! Don't litter! Put ur trash in the dumpster. No excuse for trash inside ur house! Gangs? Wannabe gangs who copied Hispanic gangs or by watching blood in blood out.
@02Nawal At least those hispanic gangs actually HAVE opprotunities to get a job, but instead they decide to be gangsters instead. These people have NOTHING, there's no jobs anywhere. A low income apartment with running water and electricity in south l.a is heaven compared to the homes they have provided on the reservation. You're so fucking ignorant, arrogant, and retarded i could just fucking choke you. Learn about them before saying stupid shit.
@kylem1112 how I'm I ignorant, arrogant, & retarded? Because I said there is no excuse to live in ur own filth? Just because you choose to be poor doesn't mean u have to live in ur own garbage! Everybody has opportunities doesn't matter where u live. Nobody is forcing u to be an alcoholic or molest ur own children or be in a gang! Get ur lazy ass of the rez! Go to school get a job! I know many Indians who have left the rez to get a stable job & to leave the cycle of abuse that happens on the rez
U could just fucking choke me? Really? U just proved my point about yous! Is that the Native love? Choking? That's all u do is beat ur women, molest ur nieces & nephews, drink everyday! Mmm let's buy a gallon of milk oh no wait let's spend our walfare money on beer! Stupid shit? U mean the truth! U own up to ur stereo types! Stop playing the victim & do something 4 ur lifes! Stop blaming everybody else when ur to blame for ur own misery! Ur homes didn't look like that! U made them look that way!
Please, if you can take the time to leave a comment, please also take the time to share these videos you see of Pine Ridge Reservation, to teach others...regardless of how many times they neglect what you are trying to teach. Keep pushing.
It is very difficult to see the horrific conditions in which these people are born. These people come into this life without hope, none whatsoever. Even those of us whose ancestors did not contirbute at all to their current condition (like me), we have a responsibility to ensure that ALL Americans are born with the same opportunities. It is my wish that we might find the way to help not only the Lakota, but all struggling tribes, to reclaim their pride as a nation--and as individuals.
I am headed to the Pine Ridge Oglala-Sioux Reservation in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay, an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you there!!
I think that more funds need to go to education and reorganization. While it is true that there is a huge drug and alcohol problem on many reservations, nothing is going to change until we teach these people a different way of life--and that means helping them to get better jobs and offering alcohol/substance abuse programs that actually work. Many have been brought up in environments that lead them to believe they're destined to fail. Changing attitudes on all sides is the first step to change.
@CerebralWriter I agree with you. I'm from pine ridge, lets get rid of white clay first,then we'll have A chance to better our selves,and our children !!!!!!
@MrBuzzoro, I desperately want to help. I agree that White Clay is a huge problem. I wonder if there is some way of legislating away vendors' ability to take advantage of neighboring residents (I'm sure people have tried but there MUST be a way). People say, "donate, donate!" but without the real backing needed to change not only the infrastructure, but generations of hardship etc., it's a losing battle. We must get more people involved if we want to effect any real and lasting change.
@larsonbwl (Part1)Recent reports vary but many point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.
The unemployment rate on Pine Ridge is said to be approximately 83-85% and can be higher during the winter months when travel is difficult or often impossible.
According to 2006 resources, about 97% of the population lives below Federal poverty levels.
@larsonbwl There is little industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.
Rapid City, South Dakota is the nearest town of size (population approximately 57,700) for those who can travel to find work. It is located 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located some 350 miles away.
Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group
@larsonbwl you're correct tipis didn't have water or electricity--BUT the water that
ran in the rivers was not contaminated with URANIUM from mining.And perhaps you
should do a little studying about the REAL life of the Lakota & not succomb to the hogwash the schools teach & the stereotypes of "hollywood".Living on a rez is NOT a romantic life. Try to get a job when you live on less than $3K/yr. and have to drive over 100m. for work!
Pine Ridge is the poorest nation in the U.S.--a third-world country hidden within one of the richest countries in the world. We must educate the people about this atrocity. No one should have to live as these people live. We send aid and relief overseas all the time--but what are we doing about the people starving and suffering in our own country?!
@sarabower1 Animal Lovers. So ignorant. We're not all stupid, we're not all drunkards. But for those who are- what better do they have to do with their lives? It's not like they have opportunities like people who are blind to the true reality of poverty and suffrage that comes along with being born into a society with no hope. There are no ways to get jobs. This is a stigma created from birth- But that doesn't mean we can't change. We have not the resources to change.
This is not a race thing. Just under 8 million dollars goes right over the border to White Clay liquor stores every year, and 95% of the customers are the local Natives. Why? Again the tribal leaders,Police chiefs, officers, and judges accepting cash bribes to keep the liquor stores in business, so they all have a hard time doing the right thing for their people, and creating a thriving community. The rest of the money? Govt employment and programs. Millions upon millions dollrs
THE INDIAN PEOPLE NEED ASSISTANCE, THEY ARE FREE SPIRITED PEOPLE & CANNOT LIVE IN A CAGE OF POVERTY, THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO A SMALL CORNER OF DESPAIR. THEY HAVE CHILDREN THAT NEED TO SEE HOPE NOT HELL.
ATLANTICCITY24 1 week ago
When you take the land from the people they can no longer live as they have lived for thousands of years. You kill their elders so they have no history, you teach them your language so they have no voice. Then you give them whiskey and you wonder why they sit there and get drunk. What else is there to do? America you are done, your turn to reap what you have sown.
saladfork8 3 weeks ago
same thing in manitoba but no as worse as this .....awe....
sandy201260 3 weeks ago
this made cry
9pg5 1 month ago
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The government has built homes on the rez and u destroy them and the government tries to help the native Americans but they have come to believe they are "owed" a living. Time to stop whining get over it and do something about it. Move, get an education, find a job, pay your bills, prove who you really are and then maybe you will EARN some respect. Why do you think you deserve a hand out? And yes I am part Sioux and no one helps me out but myself......
lori6908 1 month ago
The saddest part is that this doesn't have to be like this. The people have been forced into it with white economics. Money was made, or at least presented to be, a necessity. Coupled with taxation and being held onto reservations, it becomes an exceedingly toxic situation.
ksamons 1 month ago
Although people on this and other reservations are working hard to improve the conditions of their people, the poverty and problems of unemployment, abuse and violence remain. The government should take responsibility for this and take serious action to help the people get a better life. Before the whites came to this land, the people had a worthy life. It is time to make amends...
Eirene001 1 month ago
The Govt Should give these Natives Billions of Dollars since this is Their land. They put them in Useless Reservation to say that they gave these Natives a Land. What land? What damn land you can't grow anything in these Reservations, they are useless. And then the president and president's family are living like kings. And all politicians making so much money while the REAL Americans(Natives) are suffering like this.
Qbano21 1 month ago
I wonder if U.S. government is not ashamed by such 3rd world like living conditions in the heart of their country (I`m really shocked, I`m german and I knew nothing about this). I mean they want to bring their lifestyle to the rest of the world - WHAT AN ADVERTISING!! I hope strongly that the inhabitants in pine ridge reservation find solutions for most of their problems by themselves. Don`t wait that others will do!! Feel free to discuss with me.
pesez2 1 month ago
I want my ashes scattered on pine ridge
RonHatred 2 months ago
historical trauma.
dreamer8923 2 months ago
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thats nothing where i come its one of the highest shootings in canada watch this video!!! (Rich Canadian Reserve Becomes a Gang War Zone (Part 1 Of 2)
MrIlovekilling123 3 months ago
Instead of criticizing, ask how you can help. Your judgement and opinions don't change anyone's life.
MacVoom 3 months ago 2
o.o'
MagicalOillusions 4 months ago
Honestly, no trash service- organize atleast! Dig a damn pit with a shovel if you have to ! Even if your poor, it doesnt make an excuse for PURE LAZINESS! Oh, by the way, I am native too and my house and yard are clean, I kicked the drinking habit years ago and have beautiful well taken care of children! Beautiful house, marriage, and a beautiful LIFE! GOD and HARD WORK! and PRIDE! It takes one person to start a chain reaction in a community. Want Better for yourself! IT starts with you!
ganeeneepie 4 months ago
@ganeeneepie You make a good point that people need to take initiative and own their issues ... but when this is all people have known, when their will is broken from nearly day one, how do you motivate someone who has already lost all hope?
CerebralWriter 4 months ago 2
@ganeeneepie ...youre an idiot.
jgar6 2 months ago
12 tries to get these last 3 comments here!!!! watch vids on outher sites that dont sensor comments.whats the matter youtube ?to dedicated to the establishment and big buisness to alow free speech?
TheBattle2142 4 months ago
Yes im speaking to youtube staff
TheBattle2142 4 months ago
why cant i make a comment on this site without having to get approved?do the admins of this site understand the first amendment?
TheBattle2142 4 months ago
I couldn't give a rats ass about these useless indians, all they do is blame the white man and do nothing else. I have no pity for them.
However I feel terrible for the helpless animals. Indians are too stupid
to get their animals fixed, hence the reason they are outside with no shelter, no food. That breaks my fucking heart, I would give money to help them. But these drunken, lazy useless Indians I wouldn't piss on any of them if they were on fire. They put themselves in their situation.
sarabower1 4 months ago
@sarabower1 The white man took away their land. The white man killed off the buffalo. They forced them into a place with terrible climate. But how can one judge a race by a person? Impossible. So think before you say such things that aren't true.
And yes, you are speaking to a Lakota.
DictatorTan 4 months ago
@DictatorTan I live in Canada, there are many more Indians here than in the US. Every one I know
is a lazy, drunken, thief , in and out of jail. The women are almost all whores that don't have custody of
their children.
Immigrants come here with 2 cents to their name and end up successful.
I have no pity for you or any of your people .
Don't like where you live?
There are highways leaving in all directions, move to a better place.
No one is forcing you to stay in that shit hole
sarabower1 4 months ago
@Nawal: It is difficult to put your trash in a dumpster when you do not have any trash service--because you're too poor.
@Kylem: Getting indignant is wasted energy. It won't change people's views, but education will.
@hotguy: Many people on Pine Ridge will supplement their diets with game, but they are not "wild" people anymore. Settlers "tamed" them, and then left them to die in their new world. They have been left with the worst land with the worst climates (can't grow much in Pine Ridge).
CerebralWriter 4 months ago 4
Pick ur trash up! Don't litter! Put ur trash in the dumpster. No excuse for trash inside ur house! Gangs? Wannabe gangs who copied Hispanic gangs or by watching blood in blood out.
02Nawal 4 months ago
@02Nawal At least those hispanic gangs actually HAVE opprotunities to get a job, but instead they decide to be gangsters instead. These people have NOTHING, there's no jobs anywhere. A low income apartment with running water and electricity in south l.a is heaven compared to the homes they have provided on the reservation. You're so fucking ignorant, arrogant, and retarded i could just fucking choke you. Learn about them before saying stupid shit.
kylem1112 4 months ago
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@kylem1112 how I'm I ignorant, arrogant, & retarded? Because I said there is no excuse to live in ur own filth? Just because you choose to be poor doesn't mean u have to live in ur own garbage! Everybody has opportunities doesn't matter where u live. Nobody is forcing u to be an alcoholic or molest ur own children or be in a gang! Get ur lazy ass of the rez! Go to school get a job! I know many Indians who have left the rez to get a stable job & to leave the cycle of abuse that happens on the rez
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U could just fucking choke me? Really? U just proved my point about yous! Is that the Native love? Choking? That's all u do is beat ur women, molest ur nieces & nephews, drink everyday! Mmm let's buy a gallon of milk oh no wait let's spend our walfare money on beer! Stupid shit? U mean the truth! U own up to ur stereo types! Stop playing the victim & do something 4 ur lifes! Stop blaming everybody else when ur to blame for ur own misery! Ur homes didn't look like that! U made them look that way!
02Nawal 4 months ago
@02Nawal easy to talk
graveplott47 4 months ago
Please, if you can take the time to leave a comment, please also take the time to share these videos you see of Pine Ridge Reservation, to teach others...regardless of how many times they neglect what you are trying to teach. Keep pushing.
savethelakota 4 months ago
Sitting Bull was right. He said if the Indians looted and mutilated Custers men at Little Big Horn, great despair would fall on them.
45Jwalsh 4 months ago
It is worse than I thought! OMG!
wbworkout 5 months ago
Please DONATE to native progress.org and help these people out! Don't talk about it, do something about it! Thank you.
israelseekingtruth 8 months ago
It is very difficult to see the horrific conditions in which these people are born. These people come into this life without hope, none whatsoever. Even those of us whose ancestors did not contirbute at all to their current condition (like me), we have a responsibility to ensure that ALL Americans are born with the same opportunities. It is my wish that we might find the way to help not only the Lakota, but all struggling tribes, to reclaim their pride as a nation--and as individuals.
CerebralWriter 9 months ago 3
Devastating. The powerful Lakota people pushed into this pathetic cycle of hell.
rabekahwashington 9 months ago
Lofoti2003: The music is by Erin Barker. E-mail me for links to her band's contact page.
CerebralWriter 11 months ago
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Lofoti2003 11 months ago
wie heißt der Musiktitel und von wem ist er
Lofoti2003 11 months ago
poor - they have money for guns tattos and cigarettes maybe they could start by cleaning up their property
MrThreedogstwo 11 months ago
Tell me more.
CerebralWriter 11 months ago
I am headed to the Pine Ridge Oglala-Sioux Reservation in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay, an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you there!!
NewJura 11 months ago 8
@NewJura people like you make the world a better place may7 you aways walk in peace
TheMady1980 11 months ago
@NewJura people like you make the world a better place may you aways walk in peace
TheMady1980 11 months ago
@TheMady1980 thank you very much!!
NewJura 11 months ago
@NewJura can women go? i would really love to help
brawyn777 2 months ago
@brawyn777 of course!!
NewJura 2 months ago
Someday, when my writing pays off, Pine Ridge will be the first place (of many) I go with my spare money. I wish more people cared.
CerebralWriter 1 year ago
If I was in their shoes, I would be depressed too. They feel worthless. I plan on going there this year and help with whatever.
MsMalgosia1967 1 year ago
No execuse- they live in the greatyest nation on earth-- Give up the beer and get a life-
USPMONTANA 1 year ago
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@USPMONTANA You dont know what you are talking about!
MsMalgosia1967 1 year ago
I just wish there was more I could do. No one deserves to live that way....
CerebralWriter 1 year ago 2
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larsonbwl 2 years ago
I think that more funds need to go to education and reorganization. While it is true that there is a huge drug and alcohol problem on many reservations, nothing is going to change until we teach these people a different way of life--and that means helping them to get better jobs and offering alcohol/substance abuse programs that actually work. Many have been brought up in environments that lead them to believe they're destined to fail. Changing attitudes on all sides is the first step to change.
CerebralWriter 2 years ago
@CerebralWriter many of them drink/abuse drugs to
self-medicate due to the depression caused by their situations-is it the right
way to live? no of course not, but oppression breeds hopelessness.
sp0ttedp0ny330 1 year ago
@CerebralWriter I agree with you. I'm from pine ridge, lets get rid of white clay first,then we'll have A chance to better our selves,and our children !!!!!!
MrBuzzoro 6 months ago
@MrBuzzoro, I desperately want to help. I agree that White Clay is a huge problem. I wonder if there is some way of legislating away vendors' ability to take advantage of neighboring residents (I'm sure people have tried but there MUST be a way). People say, "donate, donate!" but without the real backing needed to change not only the infrastructure, but generations of hardship etc., it's a losing battle. We must get more people involved if we want to effect any real and lasting change.
CerebralWriter 6 months ago
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sp0ttedp0ny330 1 year ago
@larsonbwl (Part1)Recent reports vary but many point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.
The unemployment rate on Pine Ridge is said to be approximately 83-85% and can be higher during the winter months when travel is difficult or often impossible.
According to 2006 resources, about 97% of the population lives below Federal poverty levels.
sp0ttedp0ny330 1 year ago
@larsonbwl There is little industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.
Rapid City, South Dakota is the nearest town of size (population approximately 57,700) for those who can travel to find work. It is located 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located some 350 miles away.
Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group
sp0ttedp0ny330 1 year ago
@larsonbwl you're correct tipis didn't have water or electricity--BUT the water that
ran in the rivers was not contaminated with URANIUM from mining.And perhaps you
should do a little studying about the REAL life of the Lakota & not succomb to the hogwash the schools teach & the stereotypes of "hollywood".Living on a rez is NOT a romantic life. Try to get a job when you live on less than $3K/yr. and have to drive over 100m. for work!
sp0ttedp0ny330 1 year ago
Pine Ridge is the poorest nation in the U.S.--a third-world country hidden within one of the richest countries in the world. We must educate the people about this atrocity. No one should have to live as these people live. We send aid and relief overseas all the time--but what are we doing about the people starving and suffering in our own country?!
CerebralWriter 2 years ago 11
@CerebralWriter these people won't do anything to help themselves. How do you think immigrants make it with
2 cents to their name when they come to the US. HARD WORK. Something Indans know nothing about.
These people are 100% useless. I care much more about the innocent animals suffering there than
the stupid glue sniffing, listerine drinkling Indians. They could all croak for all I give a fuck
sarabower1 4 months ago
@sarabower1 Animal Lovers. So ignorant. We're not all stupid, we're not all drunkards. But for those who are- what better do they have to do with their lives? It's not like they have opportunities like people who are blind to the true reality of poverty and suffrage that comes along with being born into a society with no hope. There are no ways to get jobs. This is a stigma created from birth- But that doesn't mean we can't change. We have not the resources to change.
DictatorTan 4 months ago
@sarabower1 Also, animals are nice and all, but not really my thing.
DictatorTan 4 months ago
@DictatorTan yeah well Indians aren't my thing either
sarabower1 4 months ago
This is not a race thing. Just under 8 million dollars goes right over the border to White Clay liquor stores every year, and 95% of the customers are the local Natives. Why? Again the tribal leaders,Police chiefs, officers, and judges accepting cash bribes to keep the liquor stores in business, so they all have a hard time doing the right thing for their people, and creating a thriving community. The rest of the money? Govt employment and programs. Millions upon millions dollrs
MrWhalen80 3 months ago 2
Great use of visuals and dramatic music to make your point! WOW
juneandwinter 2 years ago