Life on the Rez: a young person's perspective

life expectancy on the rez is about 45 years because of incredibly high infant mortality, teen suicide, murder, gangs, crystal meth, and alcoholism. the future is bleak for the young people on Pine Ridge.

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[billionjoints420]

Fucking Bastard Makes Us Sound Rough

i represent a rez in hip hop

and i say life is what you make it yo!

[skinnychef]

@billionjoints420 good for you man (woman?)! stay positive and do what you can to help those in need in your community!

[WanbdiTanka]

WE ARE STILL ALIVE

[ckhafagiuk]

for the first time in my life i have no comment !!!! SHAME SHAME SHAME on that little president of yours that allows such shame to exist. God, $3000 per year is not even in Africa anymore !!! I just hope that one day you, my brave brothers and sisters will overcome all this mess.

[xECHOx123]

@WanbdiTanka yea boi

[ithinkpigsarecool]

god this is sooo sad, this kid seems very, very smart, too! i really pray that he can get out of there and start his own life some place else

[bcelmore59]

What ever become of Richard Wolf guts?....He was expressing his own personal perspective on life on the rez...my heart goes out to him <3 I hope he is doing ok.

[androtaz01]

A shame...that is all i can say..

[saintmj57]

; (

[akichita87]

@JourneyRocks81

You've got a point about looking out for your own future, Kola, however, doesn't this go against Lakota values? I am not saying that its bad to go and get a education, but the question at hand is, how are you going to use this to better your people? We need more native entreprenuers that know the needs of our communities. I know this life is hard, but can we really leave our people behind to suffer? This is a question I've been fighting with for years.

[JourneyRocks81]

you know, the way i see it, its up to the individual native american to form his or her own future....the old way of thinking will not provide a future for you. I should know im a full blood sioux...and i live on my rez, but , i took the first step to grad from high school and then from college with a B.A. degree. So, i don't view the plight of the native american today as hopeless or helpless...One can better themselves if they truly want to..but its always excuses , excuses,, hoka

[billionjoints420]

@elBighead208 yeah actually hes right i was just mad to see the truth like dat i actually know what he meaans when he says suiccide cuzz when was 14 i seen my homie shoot himself outsid my house with a shotty, and whensomeone gets hurt like that it hurts the whole communty, and it sucks my mom is a alcoholic bum living on the streets

fricken drug abuse ,  man i abuse drugs every day ! not the hard stuff

rez life pulls people under and makes it hard to get back up, life is about coices!TIR

[elBighead208]

@billionjoints420 i dont think he meant it like that g hes jus sayin theres alot of negativity and this goverment aint doin anything to help and its true y isnt this goverment helpin the indian reservations y is there more poverty on the rez than anywhere else in this country im not not lakota im mexican aztec descent u should ask ur self one question y does this country make it hard for a brown man than any other color

[MrIndigenous]

@billionjoints420 Sound ruff,....Well it is.You may have the gift of lyricle flows,..and using ur gift to benifit,..urself. But what are you doin for the people. what are you flowin bout> Look to HGS SAVAGE FAMILY