In the face of the colonial apartheid conditions imposed on Lakota* people, the withdrawal from the U.S. Treaties is necessary.
These conditions have been devastating:
Lakota men have a life expectancy of less than 44 years, lowest of any country in the World (excluding AIDS) including Haiti.
Alcoholism affects 8 in 10 families.
Indians have the second largest state prison incarceration rate in the nation.
The Tuberculosis rate on Lakota reservations is approx 800% higher than the U.S national average.
Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S national average.
The rate of diabetes is 800% higher than the U.S national average.
Federal Commodity Food Program provides high sugar foods that kill Native people through diabetes and heart disease.
The language is not being shared inter-generationally, today, the average Lakota speaker is 65 years old.
1/3 of the homes lack basic clean water and sewage while 40% lack electricty.
There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (may only have two to three rooms). Some homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.
Unemployment rates on our reservations is 85% or higher.
Median income is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.