I grew up in South Dakota. I saw the mess they made for themselves first-hand; just like you. They have opportunities that people like you and I will never have - yet, everything that goes wrong is someone else’s fault.
Free Education, garranteed placement into any field of study they wish to pursue - free!! Small business set-asides, programs that we could never qualify for - when is the last time you met an American Indian doctor, lawyer, engineer, programmer or business-owner? In my 22 yrs of experience, I have met exactly 1. I still keep in contact with him, American Indian, ex-Marine and Jewish; I fear he was truly one of a kind.
He used to say that if ever charged with a crime, they would never be able to find a jury of his peers.