American Indians, on a national average:

• have the shortest life span of any ethnic group
• the highest infant mortality rate
• the highest suicide rate
• the lowest per capita income
• the highest unemployment
• the highest school dropout rate
• the poorest housing
• the most inadequate health care, with
• extensive diabetes, tuberculosis,
  high blood pressure, respiratory
  disease, and alcoholism

Taken from
Atlas Of The North American Indian
By, Carl Waldman

• Consider sponsoring a family.
A family can be recommended by a reservation
church. Sacred Heart Church of Pine Ridge is one. Some other reservation web sites are listed on the
Volunteerism page.

• Speak out to friends to raise their awareness about:
religious freedom / sacred sites
social justice
racial justice

• Donate to:
Habitat For Humanity for American Indians.
Pine Ridge has a charter:

Woihanble Yuwita
PO Box 3017
Pine Ridge, SD 57770

•Donate to a reservation school.

• Nag your Senators and Representatives about
saving Sacred Sites. Letters and phone calls work.

• Write to owners of sports teams who use Indian
logos, and mascots --- tell them it’s racist
and demeaning.

• Learn about mining, logging and drilling on
reservation land. If Indian people are against
it, ask if you can be of service by letter writing
or phone calls.

• Support American Indian arts and crafts. If you want
to purchase Indian-made art pieces, ask about the artist before you buy.
For information on Indian Arts and Crafts

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Jenny Stover
enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation

Kimberly Mesteth
enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation