[wita]

The irony of which you speak, makes me speachless, and considering many indians do not drink alcohol or take mind altering drugs, makes their political attitude all the more a mystery. That irony is the very irony that placed them on reservations and led to the current situtation experienced by so many. Before I ever lived in the state of SD, or knew about Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, I met a successful Indian who ran away from that reservation at the age of 15 and said he would never go back. A very unusual Souix.

IMHO the faster the indian nations are removed from so-called reservations, the quicker they will overcome their poor circumstances. Indian reservations are awash in fractured infrastructure meant to provide jobs, in areas that will forever remain jobless because of all the factors that for 200 plus years have defined an area that can provide employment. Except for schools, hospitals, police, a few quick stop gas stations, and mucho welfare support agencies, western SD reservations are not what you would call an area ripe for development, employment, or living. Raising cows, yes, providing bounty for a nation of outcasts, NEVER!

[anniegetyourgun]

Yes, integration into our melting pot called the American experience is beneficial to all. Separation unto groupthink and association cuts off opportunity in a land with so much to offer.

[YaYa123]

You'd think South Dakota Indians would be on the warpath against Democrats, not voting for them. Empty lies and promises, that's all they've gotten! Bill Clinton visited South Dakota Indians once during his 2 terms. He was there for a few hours, bouncing from one state to another on his photo opping "Poverty Tour", changing nothing.