Pine Ridge/White Clay: Casualties of Alcohol

A real life War with Alcohol leads to a "Battle Cry" for Help, Happiness, Understanding, and Protection among our Native Peoples of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota..

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[wharghoul]

Don't you have a Klan rally you could be attending right now?

[likethecats]

Thank You for posting this video. My father was exposed to alcohol at a young age. He went in to the bar business and for 25 years my mother and later my sister and myself went through hell. People just don't understand that constant exposure to alcohol and the culture of alcohol consumtion is overpowering unless someone steps in and helps put a stop to it. Those men that blocked the entrance to the bar helped the family of the bar owner also. They just don't know it yet. Bless :)

[DVDluvr123]

Hey everybody, check it out. This is crazy. There is this total dumbass with the user name akichita87 who claims that the people of Pine Ridge don't want alcohol. If they don't want it, then why are they buying it and drinking it?

[DVDluvr123]

@akichita87 Why don't the citizens of Whiteclay leave? Because they don't want to leave. As I said before, people do what they want. As another example, if people from the reservation want to get drunk every day, then they will do that. Nobody is forcing it on them. Why can't you admit the extremely obvious? You are not fooling anyone.

[DVDluvr123]

@akichita87 So you are saying that the business owners are kidnapping people from the reservation, taking them to Whiteclay, taking money out of their wallets, forcing their mouths open, and pouring alcohol down their throats? No, I think it is more likely that the people are choosing to go to Whiteclay and buy the alcohol. You are the one who needs to wake up out of your fantasy.

[akichita87]

@DVDluvr123

If the people wanted alcohol, they would have legalized it decades ago. Why don't you leave your house and wake up. You don't give a crap about the issues affecting American Indian communities. You are more concerned with the welfare of the shady businesses in Whiteclay. Why don't the citizens of Whiteclay leave? No... that's too much to ask, instead we should expect thousands of American Indians to leave their ancesteral lands. You're careless...

[DVDluvr123]

@akichita87 I stand by my previous comment. People can leave anytime they want. There are poor people everywhere not just on the reservations. People do what they want. There is always a way. If they want to stay where they are, then they stay. If they want to go somewhere else, then they go.

[DVDluvr123]

@akichita87 If they didn't want alcohol they would buy it. So the store owners are providing what the people want.

[akichita87]

@DVDluvr123

Also, they aren't giving the people what they "want" or need. What our people want is for people to listen and care for once. We cannot continue to keep ignoring the needs of our fellow Americans. I know for a fact tribal nations could become prosperous, unfortunately, they don't have much of a voice or power in gov. They could develop succesful business too, its all the red tape and bureacracy that prevents/stalls it.

[akichita87]

@DVDluvr123

Dude, I live on a reservation... and I earn a respectable living from the state. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't see a hitchiker looking for a ride. I know many people don't own vehicles here and I know it isn't just easy to get up and leave, especially if there is no gaurantee that you'll find work elsewhere. For those of us that are lucky enough to be employed by the state or the federal government, many love their people too much to leave, despite the hardships.

[DVDluvr123]

@akichita87 Thousands of native Americans have left reservations on a long-term or short-term basis. Why don't you get out of your house sometime and meet some of them.

[DVDluvr123]

@rodzmen1 I didn't say anything about their history. Apparently, you are replying to the wrong person. Try again.