I understand what you're saying, but I don't think you're grasping the depth of the problem. We're talking about a population where 15% of all deaths are alcohol related, and most on the reservations providing support believe that it is heavily under reported.
And if the problem is so bad...why only warn people while they are driving through the reservations? Surely the drunk Indians also drive on other roads around the areas as well. It just seemed ridiculous to me. I watch for drunk drivers all the time....I don’t need a sign to warn me. Just my opinion.
Not necessarily. This isn't what most people think of when they think of a reservation. It's 25 times the size of Rhode Island, covering over 27,000 square miles.
There is very little reason for most to ever leave the reservation, and the round trip to a city off the reservation is usually 150 miles or more. The average native gets off the reservation about as often as I make it to Shreveport, which is a just a few times a year.
That is very sad. I can’t help but believe that if government was not doling out cash and trying to control these people all the time, that their societies would be much healthier. Most NA that I have met were successful, sober and not living on the reservation. The poverty that I saw while driving these back country reservation roads was heart breaking as well.