The Left is Lying on Clean Coal

[Daryl Hunt]

Wow, you must really enjoy the king of ....well. even the National Inquirer shakes it head on that rag.
Washington Times - Media Bias/Fact Check
Operations Holdings Inc is the owner of The Washington Times, which is owned by the Unification Church of South Korea, through their holding company HSA-UWC (Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity). In 1954, Reverend Sun Myung Moon founded this religious movement in South Korea, which is known for its mass weddings and its members are referred to as “Moonies.” According to a Guardian article, former members have claimed that the Unification Church is religious cult that utilizes brainwashing techniques. The newspaper is funded through a subscription and advertising model.

Instead it’s better to solely rely on MSM propaganda with no vetting. That’s what democrats do.

You can stop lying anytime now. The Majority of the population ain't buying this lie. Move on. Come up with another one to give Trump another free ride. Wait 10 minutes, I am sure something else will come up from him that will need to be glazed over.

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Well, here in the northern plains oil, natural gas, propane and coal are the only things we can rely on. Renewables don’t work up here.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an all of the above type a guy. But renewables for decades away from being viable.
Up here all of the power plants are powered by fossil fuels. The northern plains are not suited for a renewables, Or I should say the other way around renewables are not suited for the northern plains.
And it cost me almost 580 dollars to heat my shop and my house all last winter. Thanks to cheap natural gas.

Each area needs to find what suits them, no one area should tell another area what to do.

That Peyote must be a better quality than around here, Chief. South Dakota has a ton of really flat or rolling hills. That means it would lend itself well to Solar. Solar even works near the North Pole. It also works in deep space. And once the facility is built and has operated for X number or years, it's almost free power. And the time I spent there, there was wind, lots of wind. That means, those rolling hills also would be able to accept wind generators. Again, after X number of time, it's paid for. So don't give me that crap it's because it's not viable. You live in a state that has it's state government's head up it's ass. You keep forgetting that I lived there for a few years and I doubt if the earth changed direction or anything changed the weather that much.

You can stop lying now.

 

[Rustic]

Instead it’s better to solely rely on MSM propaganda with no vetting. That’s what democrats do.

You can stop lying anytime now. The Majority of the population ain't buying this lie. Move on. Come up with another one to give Trump another free ride. Wait 10 minutes, I am sure something else will come up from him that will need to be glazed over.

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Well, here in the northern plains oil, natural gas, propane and coal are the only things we can rely on. Renewables don’t work up here.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an all of the above type a guy. But renewables for decades away from being viable.
Up here all of the power plants are powered by fossil fuels. The northern plains are not suited for a renewables, Or I should say the other way around renewables are not suited for the northern plains.
And it cost me almost 580 dollars to heat my shop and my house all last winter. Thanks to cheap natural gas.

Each area needs to find what suits them, no one area should tell another area what to do.

That Peyote must be a better quality than around here, Chief. South Dakota has a ton of really flat or rolling hills. That means it would lend itself well to Solar. Solar even works near the North Pole. It also works in deep space. And once the facility is built and has operated for X number or years, it's almost free power. And the time I spent there, there was wind, lots of wind. That means, those rolling hills also would be able to accept wind generators. Again, after X number of time, it's paid for. So don't give me that crap it's because it's not viable. You live in a state that has it's state government's head up it's ass. You keep forgetting that I lived there for a few years and I doubt if the earth changed direction or anything changed the weather that much.

You can stop lying now.

Ok, You do realize the power lines have to be run across peoples land that’s not only costly it’s against people’s rights. And we get a ton of hail up here, Makes very short work of solar panels.

Wind is a joke because the bearings wear out, They can lose as much as 30% of their efficiency in the first year. That is why they’ve torn most of them down that were up here. The wind is inconsistent up here we don’t get it every day and not a lot of it ever.
We have unlimited fossil fuel’s in the area we might as well use them up… Urban America has no say in the matter.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

You can stop lying anytime now. The Majority of the population ain't buying this lie. Move on. Come up with another one to give Trump another free ride. Wait 10 minutes, I am sure something else will come up from him that will need to be glazed over.

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Well, here in the northern plains oil, natural gas, propane and coal are the only things we can rely on. Renewables don’t work up here.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an all of the above type a guy. But renewables for decades away from being viable.
Up here all of the power plants are powered by fossil fuels. The northern plains are not suited for a renewables, Or I should say the other way around renewables are not suited for the northern plains.
And it cost me almost 580 dollars to heat my shop and my house all last winter. Thanks to cheap natural gas.

Each area needs to find what suits them, no one area should tell another area what to do.

That Peyote must be a better quality than around here, Chief. South Dakota has a ton of really flat or rolling hills. That means it would lend itself well to Solar. Solar even works near the North Pole. It also works in deep space. And once the facility is built and has operated for X number or years, it's almost free power. And the time I spent there, there was wind, lots of wind. That means, those rolling hills also would be able to accept wind generators. Again, after X number of time, it's paid for. So don't give me that crap it's because it's not viable. You live in a state that has it's state government's head up it's ass. You keep forgetting that I lived there for a few years and I doubt if the earth changed direction or anything changed the weather that much.

You can stop lying now.

Ok, You do realize the power lines have to be run across peoples land that’s not only costly it’s against people’s rights. And we get a ton of hail up here, Makes very short work of solar panels.

Wind is a joke because the bearings wear out, They can lose as much as 30% of their efficiency in the first year. That is why they’ve torn most of them down that were up here. The wind is inconsistent up here we don’t get it every day and not a lot of it ever.
We have unlimited fossil fuel’s in the area we might as well use them up… Urban America has no say in the matter.

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

 

[Rustic]

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Well, here in the northern plains oil, natural gas, propane and coal are the only things we can rely on. Renewables don’t work up here.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an all of the above type a guy. But renewables for decades away from being viable.
Up here all of the power plants are powered by fossil fuels. The northern plains are not suited for a renewables, Or I should say the other way around renewables are not suited for the northern plains.
And it cost me almost 580 dollars to heat my shop and my house all last winter. Thanks to cheap natural gas.

Each area needs to find what suits them, no one area should tell another area what to do.

That Peyote must be a better quality than around here, Chief. South Dakota has a ton of really flat or rolling hills. That means it would lend itself well to Solar. Solar even works near the North Pole. It also works in deep space. And once the facility is built and has operated for X number or years, it's almost free power. And the time I spent there, there was wind, lots of wind. That means, those rolling hills also would be able to accept wind generators. Again, after X number of time, it's paid for. So don't give me that crap it's because it's not viable. You live in a state that has it's state government's head up it's ass. You keep forgetting that I lived there for a few years and I doubt if the earth changed direction or anything changed the weather that much.

You can stop lying now.

Ok, You do realize the power lines have to be run across peoples land that’s not only costly it’s against people’s rights. And we get a ton of hail up here, Makes very short work of solar panels.

Wind is a joke because the bearings wear out, They can lose as much as 30% of their efficiency in the first year. That is why they’ve torn most of them down that were up here. The wind is inconsistent up here we don’t get it every day and not a lot of it ever.
We have unlimited fossil fuel’s in the area we might as well use them up… Urban America has no say in the matter.

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said I sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Liberals can't wait to kill the coal industry.

The left is lying on clean coal

Wow, you must really enjoy the king of ....well. even the National Inquirer shakes it head on that rag.
Washington Times - Media Bias/Fact Check
Operations Holdings Inc is the owner of The Washington Times, which is owned by the Unification Church of South Korea, through their holding company HSA-UWC (Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity). In 1954, Reverend Sun Myung Moon founded this religious movement in South Korea, which is known for its mass weddings and its members are referred to as “Moonies.” According to a Guardian article, former members have claimed that the Unification Church is religious cult that utilizes brainwashing techniques. The newspaper is funded through a subscription and advertising model.

Instead it’s better to solely rely on MSM propaganda with no vetting. That’s what democrats do.

You can stop lying anytime now. The Majority of the population ain't buying this lie. Move on. Come up with another one to give Trump another free ride. Wait 10 minutes, I am sure something else will come up from him that will need to be glazed over.

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Solar and wind destroy landscapes. My electricity comes from coal and nuke.
We get tax breaks if we destroy the aesthetic of our historic homes with solar panels on the roof.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Well, here in the northern plains oil, natural gas, propane and coal are the only things we can rely on. Renewables don’t work up here.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an all of the above type a guy. But renewables for decades away from being viable.
Up here all of the power plants are powered by fossil fuels. The northern plains are not suited for a renewables, Or I should say the other way around renewables are not suited for the northern plains.
And it cost me almost 580 dollars to heat my shop and my house all last winter. Thanks to cheap natural gas.

Each area needs to find what suits them, no one area should tell another area what to do.

That Peyote must be a better quality than around here, Chief. South Dakota has a ton of really flat or rolling hills. That means it would lend itself well to Solar. Solar even works near the North Pole. It also works in deep space. And once the facility is built and has operated for X number or years, it's almost free power. And the time I spent there, there was wind, lots of wind. That means, those rolling hills also would be able to accept wind generators. Again, after X number of time, it's paid for. So don't give me that crap it's because it's not viable. You live in a state that has it's state government's head up it's ass. You keep forgetting that I lived there for a few years and I doubt if the earth changed direction or anything changed the weather that much.

You can stop lying now.

Ok, You do realize the power lines have to be run across peoples land that’s not only costly it’s against people’s rights. And we get a ton of hail up here, Makes very short work of solar panels.

Wind is a joke because the bearings wear out, They can lose as much as 30% of their efficiency in the first year. That is why they’ve torn most of them down that were up here. The wind is inconsistent up here we don’t get it every day and not a lot of it ever.
We have unlimited fossil fuel’s in the area we might as well use them up… Urban America has no say in the matter.

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said to sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

You dont' live that far from Rancid City. The most dangerous place to live in SD. It also has an unemployment rate over 1% higher than the national average. It's become stagnant in growth. How's it feel to live in a Rural area with a higher crime and homicide rate than NYC. You are more likely to get Murdered in Rapid City than Denver Colorado or even Detroit at 8 gun homocides per 100,000 per year. And don't say it's because of the non white races or the Indians. The White race is over 72%, the Indian race is 10.5 while the Black race is 1.1. There isn't enough of the other races to even affect anything. Over half of the population actually graduated High School or received a GED. 7.2% dropped out.This is for adults over 25. Over 35% of the adult age population make less than 34K a year making it a welfare state. Only 4% make more than 200K per year. So much for your claim of all those rich people. I guess they are afraid to live in the 2nd more populous city in SD because the don't want to be murdered.

BTW, Sturgis, right down the road also made the top 10 most dangerous places to live in SD.but it has a zero violent murder rate. You are more likely to be knocked in the head and have your wallet stolen. And with over 90.6% of a the population being white, the other races don't even factor into the crime rate. So much for your home being that safe.

You live in a fantasy land. It's friggin dangerous. I remember being threatened by 6 white guys because I was dating an Indian. Damn, she was fine. My response? I told them I had a 1911 that held 7 shots and I could afford to miss once. They went away and I never heard from the again. Too bad. I could have done a public service that day.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

Wow, you must really enjoy the king of ....well. even the National Inquirer shakes it head on that rag.
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Instead it’s better to solely rely on MSM propaganda with no vetting. That’s what democrats do.

You can stop lying anytime now. The Majority of the population ain't buying this lie. Move on. Come up with another one to give Trump another free ride. Wait 10 minutes, I am sure something else will come up from him that will need to be glazed over.

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Solar and wind destroy landscapes. My electricity comes from coal and nuke.
We get tax breaks if we destroy the aesthetic of our historic homes with solar panels on the roof.

And where is "Here"? You mind if I verify your statement? Or can I round file it.

 

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Well, here in the northern plains oil, natural gas, propane and coal are the only things we can rely on. Renewables don’t work up here.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an all of the above type a guy. But renewables for decades away from being viable.
Up here all of the power plants are powered by fossil fuels. The northern plains are not suited for a renewables, Or I should say the other way around renewables are not suited for the northern plains.
And it cost me almost 580 dollars to heat my shop and my house all last winter. Thanks to cheap natural gas.

Each area needs to find what suits them, no one area should tell another area what to do.

That Peyote must be a better quality than around here, Chief. South Dakota has a ton of really flat or rolling hills. That means it would lend itself well to Solar. Solar even works near the North Pole. It also works in deep space. And once the facility is built and has operated for X number or years, it's almost free power. And the time I spent there, there was wind, lots of wind. That means, those rolling hills also would be able to accept wind generators. Again, after X number of time, it's paid for. So don't give me that crap it's because it's not viable. You live in a state that has it's state government's head up it's ass. You keep forgetting that I lived there for a few years and I doubt if the earth changed direction or anything changed the weather that much.

You can stop lying now.

Ok, You do realize the power lines have to be run across peoples land that’s not only costly it’s against people’s rights. And we get a ton of hail up here, Makes very short work of solar panels.

Wind is a joke because the bearings wear out, They can lose as much as 30% of their efficiency in the first year. That is why they’ve torn most of them down that were up here. The wind is inconsistent up here we don’t get it every day and not a lot of it ever.
We have unlimited fossil fuel’s in the area we might as well use them up… Urban America has no say in the matter.

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said to sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

You dont' live that far from Rancid City. The most dangerous place to live in SD. It also has an unemployment rate over 1% higher than the national average. It's become stagnant in growth. How's it feel to live in a Rural area with a higher crime and homicide rate than NYC. You are more likely to get Murdered in Rapid City than Denver Colorado or even Detroit at 8 gun homocides per 100,000 per year. And don't say it's because of the non white races or the Indians. The White race is over 72%, the Indian race is 10.5 while the Black race is 1.1. There isn't enough of the other races to even affect anything. Over half of the population actually graduated High School or received a GED. 7.2% dropped out.This is for adults over 25. Over 35% of the adult age population make less than 34K a year making it a welfare state. Only 4% make more than 200K per year. So much for your claim of all those rich people. I guess they are afraid to live in the 2nd more populous city in SD because the don't want to be murdered.

BTW, Sturgis, right down the road also made the top 10 most dangerous places to live in SD.but it has a zero violent murder rate. You are more likely to be knocked in the head and have your wallet stolen. And with over 90.6% of a the population being white, the other races don't even factor into the crime rate. So much for your home being that safe.

You live in a fantasy land. It's friggin dangerous. I remember being threatened by 6 white guys because I was dating an Indian. Damn, she was fine. My response? I told them I had a 1911 that held 7 shots and I could afford to miss once. They went away and I never heard from the again. Too bad. I could have done a public service that day.

I’m about 100 miles north of Rapid City as the crow flies. But you’re thinking of North rapid, That’s where all the Indians live, Then they flee along Highway 44 when they get in trouble or need to get back to the Rez to get their socialist checks.
We have something called the Ellsworth Air Force Base, that’s where most of the blacks come from.

True we do have a meth problem in western South Dakota, Most of those people are from out of state though. Bums that come in for the Sturgis motorcycle rally and can’t afford and/or find a way to leave.
The Lawrence County Jail is dominated by Indian inmates. Sturgis outside of the rally, is a place where you don’t even have to lock your doors when you go on vacation. In the wintertime it’s basically a ghost town.
South Dakota Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

By far the most dangerous places in South Dakota or Indian reservations, basically Third World countries... a little over 700,000 people in the whole state. The reservations dominate the crime. Fact
Pine Ridge Reservation


STATISTICAL DATA

Despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Indigenous people are struggling hard to overcome decades of neglect, discrimination and forced destruction of their traditional cultures to promote a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency.

BRIEF STATISTICS

* 97% of of the population at Pine Ridge Reservation live below federal poverty line.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* Death due to Heart Disease: Twice the national average.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Elderly die each winter from hypothermia (freezing).

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.

* At least 60% of the homes are severely substandard, without water, electricity, adequate insulation, and sewage systems.

* Recent reports state the average life expectancy is 45 years old while others state that it is 48 years old for men and 52 years old for women. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for any community in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

INTRODUCTORY

Hidden away, dotted throughout the landscape of America, are the Reservations of the Indigenous People of our land. Mostly unknown or forgotten by the mainstream culture of the dominant U.S. society, the average United States resident knows little or nothing about these people other than what romanticized versions they see in movies and television or else in their nearest Reservation casino. Most assume that whatever poverty exists on a reservation is most certainly comparable to that which they might experience themselves.

And definitely, mainstream Americans are accustomed to being exposed to poverty. It has become nearly invisible due to its overwhelming presence everywhere. We drive through our cities now with a blind eye, numb to the suffering around us. Even more, we watch the televised reports of Third World countries, shake our heads and turn away, rightfully assuming that our government and our charities will help those in need all over the globe.

But the question begs: What about the foreign nations on America's own soil, within this country, a part and yet apart from mainstream society? What about the Native American Nations on America's reservations? Few mainstream Americans know anything about the people that live on these reservations and fewer still know or comprehend the unconscionable conditions present on many of them.

What many do not know is that a staggering number of residents on Native American reservations live in abject conditions rivaling, or even surpassing, that of many Third World countries.

This report chronicles just one Nation, the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Yet the name and only a few details could easily be changed to describe a host of others; Dineh (Navajo), Ute Mountain Ute, Tohono O'odham, Pima, Yaqui, Ojibwa, Chippewa, the list is long.

But despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Nation after Nation of Indigenous leaders and their people are working hard to counteract decades of oppression and forced destruction of their cultures to bring their citizens back to a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency in today's world.



Below are further in depth statistics of Pine Ridge

IN DEPTH STATISTICS

* The Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian Reservation sits in Bennett, Jackson, and Shannon Counties and is located in the southwest corner of South Dakota, fifty miles east of the Wyoming border.

* The 11,000-square mile (over 2 million acres) Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States. It is roughly the size of the State of Connecticut.

* The Reservation is divided into eight districts: Eagle Nest, Pass Creek, Wakpamni, LaCreek, Pine Ridge, White Clay, Medicine Root, Porcupine, and Wounded Knee.

* The topography of the Pine Ridge Reservation includes badlands, rolling grassland hills, dryland prairie, and areas dotted with pine trees.

* According to the 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs Census, the Pine Ridge Reservation is home to approximately 40,000 persons, 35% of which are under the age of 16. Approximately half the residents of the Reservation are registered tribal members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.

* The population is steadily rising, despite the severe conditions on the Reservation, as more and more Oglala Lakota return home from far-away cities in order to live within their societal values, be with their families, and assist with the revitalization of their culture and their Nation.

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 per year.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* There is no industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.

* The nearest town of size (which provides some jobs for those few persons able to travel the distance) is Rapid City, South Dakota with approximately 57,000 residents. It is located approximately 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located about 350 miles away.

* Some figures state that the life expectancy on the Reservation is 48 years old for men and 52 for women. Other reports state that the average life expectancy on the Reservation is 45 years old. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for a community anywhere in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

* Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* More than half the Reservation's adults battle addiction and disease. Alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and malnutrition are rampant.


* The rate of diabetes on the Reservation is reported to be 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Recent reports indicate that almost 50% of the adults on the Reservation over the age of 40 have diabetes. Over 37% of population is diabetic.

* As a result of the high rate of diabetes on the Reservation, diabetic-related blindness, amputations, and kidney failure are common.

* The tuberculosis rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Each winter, Reservation Elders are found dead from hypothermia (freezing).

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold, Stachybotrys. This infestation causes an often-fatal condition with infants, children, elderly, those with damaged immune systems, and those with lung and pulmonary conditions at the highest risk. Exposure to this mold can cause hemorrhaging of the lungs and brain as well as cancer.

* Many Reservation residents live without health care due to vast travel distances involved in accessing that care. Additional factors include under-funded, under-staffed medical facilities and outdated or non-existent medical equipment. There is little hope for increased funding for Indian health care.

* Preventive healthcare programs are rare.

* In most of the treaties between the U.S. Government and Indian Nations, the U.S. government agreed to provide adequate medical care for Indians in return for vast quantities of land. The Indian Health Services (IHS) was set up to administer the health care for Indians under these treaties and receives an appropriation each year to fund Indian health care. Unfortunately, the appropriation is very small compared to the need. The IHS is understaffed and ill-equipped and can't possibly address the needs of Indian communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

* School drop-out rate is over 70%.

* According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

* Teacher turnover is 800% that of the U.S. national average

* The small Tribal Housing Authority homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are so overcrowded and scarce that many homeless families often use tents or cars for shelter. Many families live in shacks, old trailers, or dilapidated mobile homes.

* There is a large homeless population on the Reservation, but most families never turn away a relative no matter how distant the blood relation. Consequently, many homes have large numbers of people living in them.

* There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.

* 60% of Reservation families have no telephone.

* Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.

* Many residents must carry (often contaminated) water from the local rivers daily for their personal needs.

* 39% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation have no electricity.

* 59% of the Reservation homes are substandard.

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation need to be burned to the ground and replaced with new housing due to infestation of the potentially-fatal Black Mold, Stachybotrys. There is no insurance or government program to assist families in replacing their homes.

* Some Reservation families are forced to sleep on dirt floors.

* Many Reservation homes lack adequate insulation. Even more homes lack central heating.

* Without basic insulation or central heating in their homes, many residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation use their ovens to heat their homes.

* Many Reservation homes lack stoves, refrigerators, beds, and/or basic furniture.

* Most Reservation families live in rural and often isolated areas.

* The largest town on the Reservation is the town of Pine Ridge which has a population of approximately 5,720 people and is the administrative center for the Reservation.

* There are few improved roads on the Reservation and many of the homes are inaccessible during times of heavy snow or rain.

* Weather is extreme on the Reservation. Severe winds are always a factor. Traditionally, summer temperatures reach well over 110*F and winters bring bitter cold with temperatures that can reach -50*F below zero or worse. Flooding, tornados, or wildfires are always a risk.

* Many of the wells and much of the water and land on the Reservation is contaminated with pesticides and other poisons from farming, mining, open dumps, and commercial and governmental mining operations outside the Reservation. A further source of contamination is buried ordnance and hazardous materials from closed U.S. military bombing ranges on the Reservation.

* The Pine Ridge Reservation still has no banks, motels, discount stores, or movie theaters. It has only one grocery store of any moderate size and it is located in the town of Pine Ridge on the Reservation.

* Several of the banks and lending institutions nearest to the Reservation were recently targeted for investigation of fraudulent or predatory lending practices, with the citizens of the Pine Ridge Reservation as their victims.

* There are no public libraries except one at the Oglala Lakota College of the reservation.

* There is no public transportation available on the Reservation.

* Ownership of operable automobiles by residents of the Reservation is highly limited.

* Predominate form of travel for all ages on the Reservation is walking or hitchhiking.

* There is one very small airport on the Reservation servicing both the Pine Ridge Reservation and Shannon County. It's longest, paved runway extends 4,969 feet. There are no commercial flights available.

* There is one radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation. KILI 90.1FM is located near the town of Porcupine on the Reservation.

* Alcoholism affects eight out of ten families on the Reservation.

* The death rate from alcohol-related problems on the Reservation is 300% higher than the remaining US population.

* The Oglala Lakota Nation has prohibited the sale and possession of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation since the early 1970's. However, the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (which sits 400 yards off the Reservation border in a contested "buffer" zone) has approximately 14 residents and four liquor stores which sell over 4.1 million cans of beer each year resulting in a $3million annual trade. Unlike other Nebraska communities, Whiteclay exists only to sell liquor and make money. It has no schools, no churches, no civic organizations, no parks, no benches, no public bathrooms, no fire service and no law enforcement. Tribal officials have repeatedly pleaded with the State of Nebraska to close these liquor stores or enforce the State laws regulating liquor stores but have been consistently refused.

* Scientific studies show that the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer which begins underneath the Pine Ridge Reservation is predicted to run dry within the next thirty years, possibly as early as the year 2005, due to commercial interest use and dryland farming in numerous states south of the Reservation. This critical North American underground water resource is not renewable at anything near the present consumption rate. The recent years of drought have simply accelerated the problem.

* Scientific studies show that much of the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer has been contaminated with farming pesticides and commercial, factory, mining, and industrial contaminants in the States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

* The Tribal nations are considered to have sovereign governmental status and have a government to government relationship with the United States. The Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. The Tribe is governed by an elected body consisting of a 5 member Executive Committee and an 18 member Tribal Council, all of whom serve a four year term.

(Compiled from recent political, government, and tribal publications)
If you wish a list of the resources and publications used for this report, please contact: Stephanie M. Schwartz at [email protected]

 

[Rustic]

That Peyote must be a better quality than around here, Chief. South Dakota has a ton of really flat or rolling hills. That means it would lend itself well to Solar. Solar even works near the North Pole. It also works in deep space. And once the facility is built and has operated for X number or years, it's almost free power. And the time I spent there, there was wind, lots of wind. That means, those rolling hills also would be able to accept wind generators. Again, after X number of time, it's paid for. So don't give me that crap it's because it's not viable. You live in a state that has it's state government's head up it's ass. You keep forgetting that I lived there for a few years and I doubt if the earth changed direction or anything changed the weather that much.

You can stop lying now.

Ok, You do realize the power lines have to be run across peoples land that’s not only costly it’s against people’s rights. And we get a ton of hail up here, Makes very short work of solar panels.

Wind is a joke because the bearings wear out, They can lose as much as 30% of their efficiency in the first year. That is why they’ve torn most of them down that were up here. The wind is inconsistent up here we don’t get it every day and not a lot of it ever.
We have unlimited fossil fuel’s in the area we might as well use them up… Urban America has no say in the matter.

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said to sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

You dont' live that far from Rancid City. The most dangerous place to live in SD. It also has an unemployment rate over 1% higher than the national average. It's become stagnant in growth. How's it feel to live in a Rural area with a higher crime and homicide rate than NYC. You are more likely to get Murdered in Rapid City than Denver Colorado or even Detroit at 8 gun homocides per 100,000 per year. And don't say it's because of the non white races or the Indians. The White race is over 72%, the Indian race is 10.5 while the Black race is 1.1. There isn't enough of the other races to even affect anything. Over half of the population actually graduated High School or received a GED. 7.2% dropped out.This is for adults over 25. Over 35% of the adult age population make less than 34K a year making it a welfare state. Only 4% make more than 200K per year. So much for your claim of all those rich people. I guess they are afraid to live in the 2nd more populous city in SD because the don't want to be murdered.

BTW, Sturgis, right down the road also made the top 10 most dangerous places to live in SD.but it has a zero violent murder rate. You are more likely to be knocked in the head and have your wallet stolen. And with over 90.6% of a the population being white, the other races don't even factor into the crime rate. So much for your home being that safe.

You live in a fantasy land. It's friggin dangerous. I remember being threatened by 6 white guys because I was dating an Indian. Damn, she was fine. My response? I told them I had a 1911 that held 7 shots and I could afford to miss once. They went away and I never heard from the again. Too bad. I could have done a public service that day.

I’m about 100 miles northwest of Rapid City as the crow flies. But you’re thinking of North rapid, That’s where all the Indians live, Then they flee along Highway 44 when they get in trouble or need to get back to the Rez to get their socialist checks.
We have something called the Ellsworth Air Force Base, that’s where most of the blacks come from.

True we do have a meth problem in western South Dakota, Most of those people are from out of state though. Bums that come in for the Sturgis motorcycle rally and can’t afford and/or find a way to leave.
The Lawrence County Jail is dominated by Indian inmates. Sturgis outside of the rally, is a place where you don’t even have to lock your doors when you go on vacation. In the wintertime it’s basically a ghost town.
South Dakota Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

By far the most dangerous places in South Dakota or Indian reservations, basically Third World countries... a little over 700,000 people in the whole state. The reservations dominate the crime. Fact
Pine Ridge Reservation


STATISTICAL DATA

Despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Indigenous people are struggling hard to overcome decades of neglect, discrimination and forced destruction of their traditional cultures to promote a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency.

BRIEF STATISTICS

* 97% of of the population at Pine Ridge Reservation live below federal poverty line.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* Death due to Heart Disease: Twice the national average.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Elderly die each winter from hypothermia (freezing).

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.

* At least 60% of the homes are severely substandard, without water, electricity, adequate insulation, and sewage systems.

* Recent reports state the average life expectancy is 45 years old while others state that it is 48 years old for men and 52 years old for women. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for any community in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

INTRODUCTORY

Hidden away, dotted throughout the landscape of America, are the Reservations of the Indigenous People of our land. Mostly unknown or forgotten by the mainstream culture of the dominant U.S. society, the average United States resident knows little or nothing about these people other than what romanticized versions they see in movies and television or else in their nearest Reservation casino. Most assume that whatever poverty exists on a reservation is most certainly comparable to that which they might experience themselves.

And definitely, mainstream Americans are accustomed to being exposed to poverty. It has become nearly invisible due to its overwhelming presence everywhere. We drive through our cities now with a blind eye, numb to the suffering around us. Even more, we watch the televised reports of Third World countries, shake our heads and turn away, rightfully assuming that our government and our charities will help those in need all over the globe.

But the question begs: What about the foreign nations on America's own soil, within this country, a part and yet apart from mainstream society? What about the Native American Nations on America's reservations? Few mainstream Americans know anything about the people that live on these reservations and fewer still know or comprehend the unconscionable conditions present on many of them.

What many do not know is that a staggering number of residents on Native American reservations live in abject conditions rivaling, or even surpassing, that of many Third World countries.

This report chronicles just one Nation, the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Yet the name and only a few details could easily be changed to describe a host of others; Dineh (Navajo), Ute Mountain Ute, Tohono O'odham, Pima, Yaqui, Ojibwa, Chippewa, the list is long.

But despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Nation after Nation of Indigenous leaders and their people are working hard to counteract decades of oppression and forced destruction of their cultures to bring their citizens back to a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency in today's world.



Below are further in depth statistics of Pine Ridge

IN DEPTH STATISTICS

* The Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian Reservation sits in Bennett, Jackson, and Shannon Counties and is located in the southwest corner of South Dakota, fifty miles east of the Wyoming border.

* The 11,000-square mile (over 2 million acres) Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States. It is roughly the size of the State of Connecticut.

* The Reservation is divided into eight districts: Eagle Nest, Pass Creek, Wakpamni, LaCreek, Pine Ridge, White Clay, Medicine Root, Porcupine, and Wounded Knee.

* The topography of the Pine Ridge Reservation includes badlands, rolling grassland hills, dryland prairie, and areas dotted with pine trees.

* According to the 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs Census, the Pine Ridge Reservation is home to approximately 40,000 persons, 35% of which are under the age of 16. Approximately half the residents of the Reservation are registered tribal members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.

* The population is steadily rising, despite the severe conditions on the Reservation, as more and more Oglala Lakota return home from far-away cities in order to live within their societal values, be with their families, and assist with the revitalization of their culture and their Nation.

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 per year.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* There is no industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.

* The nearest town of size (which provides some jobs for those few persons able to travel the distance) is Rapid City, South Dakota with approximately 57,000 residents. It is located approximately 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located about 350 miles away.

* Some figures state that the life expectancy on the Reservation is 48 years old for men and 52 for women. Other reports state that the average life expectancy on the Reservation is 45 years old. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for a community anywhere in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

* Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* More than half the Reservation's adults battle addiction and disease. Alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and malnutrition are rampant.


* The rate of diabetes on the Reservation is reported to be 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Recent reports indicate that almost 50% of the adults on the Reservation over the age of 40 have diabetes. Over 37% of population is diabetic.

* As a result of the high rate of diabetes on the Reservation, diabetic-related blindness, amputations, and kidney failure are common.

* The tuberculosis rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Each winter, Reservation Elders are found dead from hypothermia (freezing).

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold, Stachybotrys. This infestation causes an often-fatal condition with infants, children, elderly, those with damaged immune systems, and those with lung and pulmonary conditions at the highest risk. Exposure to this mold can cause hemorrhaging of the lungs and brain as well as cancer.

* Many Reservation residents live without health care due to vast travel distances involved in accessing that care. Additional factors include under-funded, under-staffed medical facilities and outdated or non-existent medical equipment. There is little hope for increased funding for Indian health care.

* Preventive healthcare programs are rare.

* In most of the treaties between the U.S. Government and Indian Nations, the U.S. government agreed to provide adequate medical care for Indians in return for vast quantities of land. The Indian Health Services (IHS) was set up to administer the health care for Indians under these treaties and receives an appropriation each year to fund Indian health care. Unfortunately, the appropriation is very small compared to the need. The IHS is understaffed and ill-equipped and can't possibly address the needs of Indian communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

* School drop-out rate is over 70%.

* According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

* Teacher turnover is 800% that of the U.S. national average

* The small Tribal Housing Authority homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are so overcrowded and scarce that many homeless families often use tents or cars for shelter. Many families live in shacks, old trailers, or dilapidated mobile homes.

* There is a large homeless population on the Reservation, but most families never turn away a relative no matter how distant the blood relation. Consequently, many homes have large numbers of people living in them.

* There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.

* 60% of Reservation families have no telephone.

* Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.

* Many residents must carry (often contaminated) water from the local rivers daily for their personal needs.

* 39% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation have no electricity.

* 59% of the Reservation homes are substandard.

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation need to be burned to the ground and replaced with new housing due to infestation of the potentially-fatal Black Mold, Stachybotrys. There is no insurance or government program to assist families in replacing their homes.

* Some Reservation families are forced to sleep on dirt floors.

* Many Reservation homes lack adequate insulation. Even more homes lack central heating.

* Without basic insulation or central heating in their homes, many residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation use their ovens to heat their homes.

* Many Reservation homes lack stoves, refrigerators, beds, and/or basic furniture.

* Most Reservation families live in rural and often isolated areas.

* The largest town on the Reservation is the town of Pine Ridge which has a population of approximately 5,720 people and is the administrative center for the Reservation.

* There are few improved roads on the Reservation and many of the homes are inaccessible during times of heavy snow or rain.

* Weather is extreme on the Reservation. Severe winds are always a factor. Traditionally, summer temperatures reach well over 110*F and winters bring bitter cold with temperatures that can reach -50*F below zero or worse. Flooding, tornados, or wildfires are always a risk.

* Many of the wells and much of the water and land on the Reservation is contaminated with pesticides and other poisons from farming, mining, open dumps, and commercial and governmental mining operations outside the Reservation. A further source of contamination is buried ordnance and hazardous materials from closed U.S. military bombing ranges on the Reservation.

* The Pine Ridge Reservation still has no banks, motels, discount stores, or movie theaters. It has only one grocery store of any moderate size and it is located in the town of Pine Ridge on the Reservation.

* Several of the banks and lending institutions nearest to the Reservation were recently targeted for investigation of fraudulent or predatory lending practices, with the citizens of the Pine Ridge Reservation as their victims.

* There are no public libraries except one at the Oglala Lakota College of the reservation.

* There is no public transportation available on the Reservation.

* Ownership of operable automobiles by residents of the Reservation is highly limited.

* Predominate form of travel for all ages on the Reservation is walking or hitchhiking.

* There is one very small airport on the Reservation servicing both the Pine Ridge Reservation and Shannon County. It's longest, paved runway extends 4,969 feet. There are no commercial flights available.

* There is one radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation. KILI 90.1FM is located near the town of Porcupine on the Reservation.

* Alcoholism affects eight out of ten families on the Reservation.

* The death rate from alcohol-related problems on the Reservation is 300% higher than the remaining US population.

* The Oglala Lakota Nation has prohibited the sale and possession of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation since the early 1970's. However, the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (which sits 400 yards off the Reservation border in a contested "buffer" zone) has approximately 14 residents and four liquor stores which sell over 4.1 million cans of beer each year resulting in a $3million annual trade. Unlike other Nebraska communities, Whiteclay exists only to sell liquor and make money. It has no schools, no churches, no civic organizations, no parks, no benches, no public bathrooms, no fire service and no law enforcement. Tribal officials have repeatedly pleaded with the State of Nebraska to close these liquor stores or enforce the State laws regulating liquor stores but have been consistently refused.

* Scientific studies show that the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer which begins underneath the Pine Ridge Reservation is predicted to run dry within the next thirty years, possibly as early as the year 2005, due to commercial interest use and dryland farming in numerous states south of the Reservation. This critical North American underground water resource is not renewable at anything near the present consumption rate. The recent years of drought have simply accelerated the problem.

* Scientific studies show that much of the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer has been contaminated with farming pesticides and commercial, factory, mining, and industrial contaminants in the States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

* The Tribal nations are considered to have sovereign governmental status and have a government to government relationship with the United States. The Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. The Tribe is governed by an elected body consisting of a 5 member Executive Committee and an 18 member Tribal Council, all of whom serve a four year term.

(Compiled from recent political, government, and tribal publications)
If you wish a list of the resources and publications used for this report, please contact: Stephanie M. Schwartz at [email protected]

Fastest-Growing Cities in America
Actually the business moving into Rapid City and western South Dakota are quite incredible. No sales tax, no business taxes, wide open spaces and well off Retired people moving to the state makes for an attractive business model. Ellsworth expanding.
Ellsworth chosen as training base, first to receive B-21 nuclear bombers

 

[Rustic]

Ok, You do realize the power lines have to be run across peoples land that’s not only costly it’s against people’s rights. And we get a ton of hail up here, Makes very short work of solar panels.

Wind is a joke because the bearings wear out, They can lose as much as 30% of their efficiency in the first year. That is why they’ve torn most of them down that were up here. The wind is inconsistent up here we don’t get it every day and not a lot of it ever.
We have unlimited fossil fuel’s in the area we might as well use them up… Urban America has no say in the matter.

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said to sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

You dont' live that far from Rancid City. The most dangerous place to live in SD. It also has an unemployment rate over 1% higher than the national average. It's become stagnant in growth. How's it feel to live in a Rural area with a higher crime and homicide rate than NYC. You are more likely to get Murdered in Rapid City than Denver Colorado or even Detroit at 8 gun homocides per 100,000 per year. And don't say it's because of the non white races or the Indians. The White race is over 72%, the Indian race is 10.5 while the Black race is 1.1. There isn't enough of the other races to even affect anything. Over half of the population actually graduated High School or received a GED. 7.2% dropped out.This is for adults over 25. Over 35% of the adult age population make less than 34K a year making it a welfare state. Only 4% make more than 200K per year. So much for your claim of all those rich people. I guess they are afraid to live in the 2nd more populous city in SD because the don't want to be murdered.

BTW, Sturgis, right down the road also made the top 10 most dangerous places to live in SD.but it has a zero violent murder rate. You are more likely to be knocked in the head and have your wallet stolen. And with over 90.6% of a the population being white, the other races don't even factor into the crime rate. So much for your home being that safe.

You live in a fantasy land. It's friggin dangerous. I remember being threatened by 6 white guys because I was dating an Indian. Damn, she was fine. My response? I told them I had a 1911 that held 7 shots and I could afford to miss once. They went away and I never heard from the again. Too bad. I could have done a public service that day.

I’m about 100 miles north of Rapid City as the crow flies. But you’re thinking of North rapid, That’s where all the Indians live, Then they flee along Highway 44 when they get in trouble or need to get back to the Rez to get their socialist checks.
We have something called the Ellsworth Air Force Base, that’s where most of the blacks come from.

True we do have a meth problem in western South Dakota, Most of those people are from out of state though. Bums that come in for the Sturgis motorcycle rally and can’t afford and/or find a way to leave.
The Lawrence County Jail is dominated by Indian inmates. Sturgis outside of the rally, is a place where you don’t even have to lock your doors when you go on vacation. In the wintertime it’s basically a ghost town.
South Dakota Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

By far the most dangerous places in South Dakota or Indian reservations, basically Third World countries... a little over 700,000 people in the whole state. The reservations dominate the crime. Fact
Pine Ridge Reservation


STATISTICAL DATA

Despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Indigenous people are struggling hard to overcome decades of neglect, discrimination and forced destruction of their traditional cultures to promote a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency.

BRIEF STATISTICS

* 97% of of the population at Pine Ridge Reservation live below federal poverty line.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* Death due to Heart Disease: Twice the national average.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Elderly die each winter from hypothermia (freezing).

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.

* At least 60% of the homes are severely substandard, without water, electricity, adequate insulation, and sewage systems.

* Recent reports state the average life expectancy is 45 years old while others state that it is 48 years old for men and 52 years old for women. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for any community in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

INTRODUCTORY

Hidden away, dotted throughout the landscape of America, are the Reservations of the Indigenous People of our land. Mostly unknown or forgotten by the mainstream culture of the dominant U.S. society, the average United States resident knows little or nothing about these people other than what romanticized versions they see in movies and television or else in their nearest Reservation casino. Most assume that whatever poverty exists on a reservation is most certainly comparable to that which they might experience themselves.

And definitely, mainstream Americans are accustomed to being exposed to poverty. It has become nearly invisible due to its overwhelming presence everywhere. We drive through our cities now with a blind eye, numb to the suffering around us. Even more, we watch the televised reports of Third World countries, shake our heads and turn away, rightfully assuming that our government and our charities will help those in need all over the globe.

But the question begs: What about the foreign nations on America's own soil, within this country, a part and yet apart from mainstream society? What about the Native American Nations on America's reservations? Few mainstream Americans know anything about the people that live on these reservations and fewer still know or comprehend the unconscionable conditions present on many of them.

What many do not know is that a staggering number of residents on Native American reservations live in abject conditions rivaling, or even surpassing, that of many Third World countries.

This report chronicles just one Nation, the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Yet the name and only a few details could easily be changed to describe a host of others; Dineh (Navajo), Ute Mountain Ute, Tohono O'odham, Pima, Yaqui, Ojibwa, Chippewa, the list is long.

But despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Nation after Nation of Indigenous leaders and their people are working hard to counteract decades of oppression and forced destruction of their cultures to bring their citizens back to a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency in today's world.



Below are further in depth statistics of Pine Ridge

IN DEPTH STATISTICS

* The Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian Reservation sits in Bennett, Jackson, and Shannon Counties and is located in the southwest corner of South Dakota, fifty miles east of the Wyoming border.

* The 11,000-square mile (over 2 million acres) Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States. It is roughly the size of the State of Connecticut.

* The Reservation is divided into eight districts: Eagle Nest, Pass Creek, Wakpamni, LaCreek, Pine Ridge, White Clay, Medicine Root, Porcupine, and Wounded Knee.

* The topography of the Pine Ridge Reservation includes badlands, rolling grassland hills, dryland prairie, and areas dotted with pine trees.

* According to the 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs Census, the Pine Ridge Reservation is home to approximately 40,000 persons, 35% of which are under the age of 16. Approximately half the residents of the Reservation are registered tribal members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.

* The population is steadily rising, despite the severe conditions on the Reservation, as more and more Oglala Lakota return home from far-away cities in order to live within their societal values, be with their families, and assist with the revitalization of their culture and their Nation.

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 per year.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* There is no industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.

* The nearest town of size (which provides some jobs for those few persons able to travel the distance) is Rapid City, South Dakota with approximately 57,000 residents. It is located approximately 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located about 350 miles away.

* Some figures state that the life expectancy on the Reservation is 48 years old for men and 52 for women. Other reports state that the average life expectancy on the Reservation is 45 years old. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for a community anywhere in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

* Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* More than half the Reservation's adults battle addiction and disease. Alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and malnutrition are rampant.


* The rate of diabetes on the Reservation is reported to be 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Recent reports indicate that almost 50% of the adults on the Reservation over the age of 40 have diabetes. Over 37% of population is diabetic.

* As a result of the high rate of diabetes on the Reservation, diabetic-related blindness, amputations, and kidney failure are common.

* The tuberculosis rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Each winter, Reservation Elders are found dead from hypothermia (freezing).

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold, Stachybotrys. This infestation causes an often-fatal condition with infants, children, elderly, those with damaged immune systems, and those with lung and pulmonary conditions at the highest risk. Exposure to this mold can cause hemorrhaging of the lungs and brain as well as cancer.

* Many Reservation residents live without health care due to vast travel distances involved in accessing that care. Additional factors include under-funded, under-staffed medical facilities and outdated or non-existent medical equipment. There is little hope for increased funding for Indian health care.

* Preventive healthcare programs are rare.

* In most of the treaties between the U.S. Government and Indian Nations, the U.S. government agreed to provide adequate medical care for Indians in return for vast quantities of land. The Indian Health Services (IHS) was set up to administer the health care for Indians under these treaties and receives an appropriation each year to fund Indian health care. Unfortunately, the appropriation is very small compared to the need. The IHS is understaffed and ill-equipped and can't possibly address the needs of Indian communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

* School drop-out rate is over 70%.

* According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

* Teacher turnover is 800% that of the U.S. national average

* The small Tribal Housing Authority homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are so overcrowded and scarce that many homeless families often use tents or cars for shelter. Many families live in shacks, old trailers, or dilapidated mobile homes.

* There is a large homeless population on the Reservation, but most families never turn away a relative no matter how distant the blood relation. Consequently, many homes have large numbers of people living in them.

* There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.

* 60% of Reservation families have no telephone.

* Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.

* Many residents must carry (often contaminated) water from the local rivers daily for their personal needs.

* 39% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation have no electricity.

* 59% of the Reservation homes are substandard.

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation need to be burned to the ground and replaced with new housing due to infestation of the potentially-fatal Black Mold, Stachybotrys. There is no insurance or government program to assist families in replacing their homes.

* Some Reservation families are forced to sleep on dirt floors.

* Many Reservation homes lack adequate insulation. Even more homes lack central heating.

* Without basic insulation or central heating in their homes, many residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation use their ovens to heat their homes.

* Many Reservation homes lack stoves, refrigerators, beds, and/or basic furniture.

* Most Reservation families live in rural and often isolated areas.

* The largest town on the Reservation is the town of Pine Ridge which has a population of approximately 5,720 people and is the administrative center for the Reservation.

* There are few improved roads on the Reservation and many of the homes are inaccessible during times of heavy snow or rain.

* Weather is extreme on the Reservation. Severe winds are always a factor. Traditionally, summer temperatures reach well over 110*F and winters bring bitter cold with temperatures that can reach -50*F below zero or worse. Flooding, tornados, or wildfires are always a risk.

* Many of the wells and much of the water and land on the Reservation is contaminated with pesticides and other poisons from farming, mining, open dumps, and commercial and governmental mining operations outside the Reservation. A further source of contamination is buried ordnance and hazardous materials from closed U.S. military bombing ranges on the Reservation.

* The Pine Ridge Reservation still has no banks, motels, discount stores, or movie theaters. It has only one grocery store of any moderate size and it is located in the town of Pine Ridge on the Reservation.

* Several of the banks and lending institutions nearest to the Reservation were recently targeted for investigation of fraudulent or predatory lending practices, with the citizens of the Pine Ridge Reservation as their victims.

* There are no public libraries except one at the Oglala Lakota College of the reservation.

* There is no public transportation available on the Reservation.

* Ownership of operable automobiles by residents of the Reservation is highly limited.

* Predominate form of travel for all ages on the Reservation is walking or hitchhiking.

* There is one very small airport on the Reservation servicing both the Pine Ridge Reservation and Shannon County. It's longest, paved runway extends 4,969 feet. There are no commercial flights available.

* There is one radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation. KILI 90.1FM is located near the town of Porcupine on the Reservation.

* Alcoholism affects eight out of ten families on the Reservation.

* The death rate from alcohol-related problems on the Reservation is 300% higher than the remaining US population.

* The Oglala Lakota Nation has prohibited the sale and possession of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation since the early 1970's. However, the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (which sits 400 yards off the Reservation border in a contested "buffer" zone) has approximately 14 residents and four liquor stores which sell over 4.1 million cans of beer each year resulting in a $3million annual trade. Unlike other Nebraska communities, Whiteclay exists only to sell liquor and make money. It has no schools, no churches, no civic organizations, no parks, no benches, no public bathrooms, no fire service and no law enforcement. Tribal officials have repeatedly pleaded with the State of Nebraska to close these liquor stores or enforce the State laws regulating liquor stores but have been consistently refused.

* Scientific studies show that the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer which begins underneath the Pine Ridge Reservation is predicted to run dry within the next thirty years, possibly as early as the year 2005, due to commercial interest use and dryland farming in numerous states south of the Reservation. This critical North American underground water resource is not renewable at anything near the present consumption rate. The recent years of drought have simply accelerated the problem.

* Scientific studies show that much of the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer has been contaminated with farming pesticides and commercial, factory, mining, and industrial contaminants in the States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

* The Tribal nations are considered to have sovereign governmental status and have a government to government relationship with the United States. The Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. The Tribe is governed by an elected body consisting of a 5 member Executive Committee and an 18 member Tribal Council, all of whom serve a four year term.

(Compiled from recent political, government, and tribal publications)
If you wish a list of the resources and publications used for this report, please contact: Stephanie M. Schwartz at [email protected]

Fastest-Growing Cities in America
Actually the business moving into Rapid City and western South Dakota are quite incredible. No sales tax, no business taxes, wide open spaces and well off Retired people moving to the state makes for an attractive business model. Ellsworth expanding.
Ellsworth chosen as training base, first to receive B-21 nuclear bombers

Rapid City, South Dakota Economy

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Instead it’s better to solely rely on MSM propaganda with no vetting. That’s what democrats do.

You can stop lying anytime now. The Majority of the population ain't buying this lie. Move on. Come up with another one to give Trump another free ride. Wait 10 minutes, I am sure something else will come up from him that will need to be glazed over.

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Solar and wind destroy landscapes. My electricity comes from coal and nuke.
We get tax breaks if we destroy the aesthetic of our historic homes with solar panels on the roof.

And where is "Here"? You mind if I verify your statement? Or can I round file it.

DC. Why is anyone who disagrees with you a liar?

 

[Daryl Hunt]

Ok, You do realize the power lines have to be run across peoples land that’s not only costly it’s against people’s rights. And we get a ton of hail up here, Makes very short work of solar panels.

Wind is a joke because the bearings wear out, They can lose as much as 30% of their efficiency in the first year. That is why they’ve torn most of them down that were up here. The wind is inconsistent up here we don’t get it every day and not a lot of it ever.
We have unlimited fossil fuel’s in the area we might as well use them up… Urban America has no say in the matter.

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said to sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

You dont' live that far from Rancid City. The most dangerous place to live in SD. It also has an unemployment rate over 1% higher than the national average. It's become stagnant in growth. How's it feel to live in a Rural area with a higher crime and homicide rate than NYC. You are more likely to get Murdered in Rapid City than Denver Colorado or even Detroit at 8 gun homocides per 100,000 per year. And don't say it's because of the non white races or the Indians. The White race is over 72%, the Indian race is 10.5 while the Black race is 1.1. There isn't enough of the other races to even affect anything. Over half of the population actually graduated High School or received a GED. 7.2% dropped out.This is for adults over 25. Over 35% of the adult age population make less than 34K a year making it a welfare state. Only 4% make more than 200K per year. So much for your claim of all those rich people. I guess they are afraid to live in the 2nd more populous city in SD because the don't want to be murdered.

BTW, Sturgis, right down the road also made the top 10 most dangerous places to live in SD.but it has a zero violent murder rate. You are more likely to be knocked in the head and have your wallet stolen. And with over 90.6% of a the population being white, the other races don't even factor into the crime rate. So much for your home being that safe.

You live in a fantasy land. It's friggin dangerous. I remember being threatened by 6 white guys because I was dating an Indian. Damn, she was fine. My response? I told them I had a 1911 that held 7 shots and I could afford to miss once. They went away and I never heard from the again. Too bad. I could have done a public service that day.

I’m about 100 miles northwest of Rapid City as the crow flies. But you’re thinking of North rapid, That’s where all the Indians live, Then they flee along Highway 44 when they get in trouble or need to get back to the Rez to get their socialist checks.
We have something called the Ellsworth Air Force Base, that’s where most of the blacks come from.

True we do have a meth problem in western South Dakota, Most of those people are from out of state though. Bums that come in for the Sturgis motorcycle rally and can’t afford and/or find a way to leave.
The Lawrence County Jail is dominated by Indian inmates. Sturgis outside of the rally, is a place where you don’t even have to lock your doors when you go on vacation. In the wintertime it’s basically a ghost town.
South Dakota Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

By far the most dangerous places in South Dakota or Indian reservations, basically Third World countries... a little over 700,000 people in the whole state. The reservations dominate the crime. Fact
Pine Ridge Reservation


STATISTICAL DATA

Despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Indigenous people are struggling hard to overcome decades of neglect, discrimination and forced destruction of their traditional cultures to promote a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency.

BRIEF STATISTICS

* 97% of of the population at Pine Ridge Reservation live below federal poverty line.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* Death due to Heart Disease: Twice the national average.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Elderly die each winter from hypothermia (freezing).

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.

* At least 60% of the homes are severely substandard, without water, electricity, adequate insulation, and sewage systems.

* Recent reports state the average life expectancy is 45 years old while others state that it is 48 years old for men and 52 years old for women. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for any community in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

INTRODUCTORY

Hidden away, dotted throughout the landscape of America, are the Reservations of the Indigenous People of our land. Mostly unknown or forgotten by the mainstream culture of the dominant U.S. society, the average United States resident knows little or nothing about these people other than what romanticized versions they see in movies and television or else in their nearest Reservation casino. Most assume that whatever poverty exists on a reservation is most certainly comparable to that which they might experience themselves.

And definitely, mainstream Americans are accustomed to being exposed to poverty. It has become nearly invisible due to its overwhelming presence everywhere. We drive through our cities now with a blind eye, numb to the suffering around us. Even more, we watch the televised reports of Third World countries, shake our heads and turn away, rightfully assuming that our government and our charities will help those in need all over the globe.

But the question begs: What about the foreign nations on America's own soil, within this country, a part and yet apart from mainstream society? What about the Native American Nations on America's reservations? Few mainstream Americans know anything about the people that live on these reservations and fewer still know or comprehend the unconscionable conditions present on many of them.

What many do not know is that a staggering number of residents on Native American reservations live in abject conditions rivaling, or even surpassing, that of many Third World countries.

This report chronicles just one Nation, the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Yet the name and only a few details could easily be changed to describe a host of others; Dineh (Navajo), Ute Mountain Ute, Tohono O'odham, Pima, Yaqui, Ojibwa, Chippewa, the list is long.

But despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Nation after Nation of Indigenous leaders and their people are working hard to counteract decades of oppression and forced destruction of their cultures to bring their citizens back to a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency in today's world.



Below are further in depth statistics of Pine Ridge

IN DEPTH STATISTICS

* The Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian Reservation sits in Bennett, Jackson, and Shannon Counties and is located in the southwest corner of South Dakota, fifty miles east of the Wyoming border.

* The 11,000-square mile (over 2 million acres) Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States. It is roughly the size of the State of Connecticut.

* The Reservation is divided into eight districts: Eagle Nest, Pass Creek, Wakpamni, LaCreek, Pine Ridge, White Clay, Medicine Root, Porcupine, and Wounded Knee.

* The topography of the Pine Ridge Reservation includes badlands, rolling grassland hills, dryland prairie, and areas dotted with pine trees.

* According to the 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs Census, the Pine Ridge Reservation is home to approximately 40,000 persons, 35% of which are under the age of 16. Approximately half the residents of the Reservation are registered tribal members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.

* The population is steadily rising, despite the severe conditions on the Reservation, as more and more Oglala Lakota return home from far-away cities in order to live within their societal values, be with their families, and assist with the revitalization of their culture and their Nation.

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 per year.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* There is no industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.

* The nearest town of size (which provides some jobs for those few persons able to travel the distance) is Rapid City, South Dakota with approximately 57,000 residents. It is located approximately 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located about 350 miles away.

* Some figures state that the life expectancy on the Reservation is 48 years old for men and 52 for women. Other reports state that the average life expectancy on the Reservation is 45 years old. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for a community anywhere in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

* Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* More than half the Reservation's adults battle addiction and disease. Alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and malnutrition are rampant.


* The rate of diabetes on the Reservation is reported to be 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Recent reports indicate that almost 50% of the adults on the Reservation over the age of 40 have diabetes. Over 37% of population is diabetic.

* As a result of the high rate of diabetes on the Reservation, diabetic-related blindness, amputations, and kidney failure are common.

* The tuberculosis rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Each winter, Reservation Elders are found dead from hypothermia (freezing).

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold, Stachybotrys. This infestation causes an often-fatal condition with infants, children, elderly, those with damaged immune systems, and those with lung and pulmonary conditions at the highest risk. Exposure to this mold can cause hemorrhaging of the lungs and brain as well as cancer.

* Many Reservation residents live without health care due to vast travel distances involved in accessing that care. Additional factors include under-funded, under-staffed medical facilities and outdated or non-existent medical equipment. There is little hope for increased funding for Indian health care.

* Preventive healthcare programs are rare.

* In most of the treaties between the U.S. Government and Indian Nations, the U.S. government agreed to provide adequate medical care for Indians in return for vast quantities of land. The Indian Health Services (IHS) was set up to administer the health care for Indians under these treaties and receives an appropriation each year to fund Indian health care. Unfortunately, the appropriation is very small compared to the need. The IHS is understaffed and ill-equipped and can't possibly address the needs of Indian communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

* School drop-out rate is over 70%.

* According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

* Teacher turnover is 800% that of the U.S. national average

* The small Tribal Housing Authority homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are so overcrowded and scarce that many homeless families often use tents or cars for shelter. Many families live in shacks, old trailers, or dilapidated mobile homes.

* There is a large homeless population on the Reservation, but most families never turn away a relative no matter how distant the blood relation. Consequently, many homes have large numbers of people living in them.

* There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.

* 60% of Reservation families have no telephone.

* Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.

* Many residents must carry (often contaminated) water from the local rivers daily for their personal needs.

* 39% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation have no electricity.

* 59% of the Reservation homes are substandard.

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation need to be burned to the ground and replaced with new housing due to infestation of the potentially-fatal Black Mold, Stachybotrys. There is no insurance or government program to assist families in replacing their homes.

* Some Reservation families are forced to sleep on dirt floors.

* Many Reservation homes lack adequate insulation. Even more homes lack central heating.

* Without basic insulation or central heating in their homes, many residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation use their ovens to heat their homes.

* Many Reservation homes lack stoves, refrigerators, beds, and/or basic furniture.

* Most Reservation families live in rural and often isolated areas.

* The largest town on the Reservation is the town of Pine Ridge which has a population of approximately 5,720 people and is the administrative center for the Reservation.

* There are few improved roads on the Reservation and many of the homes are inaccessible during times of heavy snow or rain.

* Weather is extreme on the Reservation. Severe winds are always a factor. Traditionally, summer temperatures reach well over 110*F and winters bring bitter cold with temperatures that can reach -50*F below zero or worse. Flooding, tornados, or wildfires are always a risk.

* Many of the wells and much of the water and land on the Reservation is contaminated with pesticides and other poisons from farming, mining, open dumps, and commercial and governmental mining operations outside the Reservation. A further source of contamination is buried ordnance and hazardous materials from closed U.S. military bombing ranges on the Reservation.

* The Pine Ridge Reservation still has no banks, motels, discount stores, or movie theaters. It has only one grocery store of any moderate size and it is located in the town of Pine Ridge on the Reservation.

* Several of the banks and lending institutions nearest to the Reservation were recently targeted for investigation of fraudulent or predatory lending practices, with the citizens of the Pine Ridge Reservation as their victims.

* There are no public libraries except one at the Oglala Lakota College of the reservation.

* There is no public transportation available on the Reservation.

* Ownership of operable automobiles by residents of the Reservation is highly limited.

* Predominate form of travel for all ages on the Reservation is walking or hitchhiking.

* There is one very small airport on the Reservation servicing both the Pine Ridge Reservation and Shannon County. It's longest, paved runway extends 4,969 feet. There are no commercial flights available.

* There is one radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation. KILI 90.1FM is located near the town of Porcupine on the Reservation.

* Alcoholism affects eight out of ten families on the Reservation.

* The death rate from alcohol-related problems on the Reservation is 300% higher than the remaining US population.

* The Oglala Lakota Nation has prohibited the sale and possession of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation since the early 1970's. However, the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (which sits 400 yards off the Reservation border in a contested "buffer" zone) has approximately 14 residents and four liquor stores which sell over 4.1 million cans of beer each year resulting in a $3million annual trade. Unlike other Nebraska communities, Whiteclay exists only to sell liquor and make money. It has no schools, no churches, no civic organizations, no parks, no benches, no public bathrooms, no fire service and no law enforcement. Tribal officials have repeatedly pleaded with the State of Nebraska to close these liquor stores or enforce the State laws regulating liquor stores but have been consistently refused.

* Scientific studies show that the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer which begins underneath the Pine Ridge Reservation is predicted to run dry within the next thirty years, possibly as early as the year 2005, due to commercial interest use and dryland farming in numerous states south of the Reservation. This critical North American underground water resource is not renewable at anything near the present consumption rate. The recent years of drought have simply accelerated the problem.

* Scientific studies show that much of the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer has been contaminated with farming pesticides and commercial, factory, mining, and industrial contaminants in the States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

* The Tribal nations are considered to have sovereign governmental status and have a government to government relationship with the United States. The Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. The Tribe is governed by an elected body consisting of a 5 member Executive Committee and an 18 member Tribal Council, all of whom serve a four year term.

(Compiled from recent political, government, and tribal publications)
If you wish a list of the resources and publications used for this report, please contact: Stephanie M. Schwartz at [email protected]

Fastest-Growing Cities in America
Actually the business moving into Rapid City and western South Dakota are quite incredible. No sales tax, no business taxes, wide open spaces and well off Retired people moving to the state makes for an attractive business model. Ellsworth expanding.
Ellsworth chosen as training base, first to receive B-21 nuclear bombers

That's Ellsworth AFB. It's really not connected to SD in any way. Like most Military Bases, it's it's own community including it's own stores, recreation, etc.. The reason it was chosen for the B-21 is that it's got a really long runway, it sprawls, has lots of room to grow. For Military Bases, it is already huge and can grow even larger.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said to sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

You dont' live that far from Rancid City. The most dangerous place to live in SD. It also has an unemployment rate over 1% higher than the national average. It's become stagnant in growth. How's it feel to live in a Rural area with a higher crime and homicide rate than NYC. You are more likely to get Murdered in Rapid City than Denver Colorado or even Detroit at 8 gun homocides per 100,000 per year. And don't say it's because of the non white races or the Indians. The White race is over 72%, the Indian race is 10.5 while the Black race is 1.1. There isn't enough of the other races to even affect anything. Over half of the population actually graduated High School or received a GED. 7.2% dropped out.This is for adults over 25. Over 35% of the adult age population make less than 34K a year making it a welfare state. Only 4% make more than 200K per year. So much for your claim of all those rich people. I guess they are afraid to live in the 2nd more populous city in SD because the don't want to be murdered.

BTW, Sturgis, right down the road also made the top 10 most dangerous places to live in SD.but it has a zero violent murder rate. You are more likely to be knocked in the head and have your wallet stolen. And with over 90.6% of a the population being white, the other races don't even factor into the crime rate. So much for your home being that safe.

You live in a fantasy land. It's friggin dangerous. I remember being threatened by 6 white guys because I was dating an Indian. Damn, she was fine. My response? I told them I had a 1911 that held 7 shots and I could afford to miss once. They went away and I never heard from the again. Too bad. I could have done a public service that day.

I’m about 100 miles north of Rapid City as the crow flies. But you’re thinking of North rapid, That’s where all the Indians live, Then they flee along Highway 44 when they get in trouble or need to get back to the Rez to get their socialist checks.
We have something called the Ellsworth Air Force Base, that’s where most of the blacks come from.

True we do have a meth problem in western South Dakota, Most of those people are from out of state though. Bums that come in for the Sturgis motorcycle rally and can’t afford and/or find a way to leave.
The Lawrence County Jail is dominated by Indian inmates. Sturgis outside of the rally, is a place where you don’t even have to lock your doors when you go on vacation. In the wintertime it’s basically a ghost town.
South Dakota Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

By far the most dangerous places in South Dakota or Indian reservations, basically Third World countries... a little over 700,000 people in the whole state. The reservations dominate the crime. Fact
Pine Ridge Reservation


STATISTICAL DATA

Despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Indigenous people are struggling hard to overcome decades of neglect, discrimination and forced destruction of their traditional cultures to promote a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency.

BRIEF STATISTICS

* 97% of of the population at Pine Ridge Reservation live below federal poverty line.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* Death due to Heart Disease: Twice the national average.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Elderly die each winter from hypothermia (freezing).

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.

* At least 60% of the homes are severely substandard, without water, electricity, adequate insulation, and sewage systems.

* Recent reports state the average life expectancy is 45 years old while others state that it is 48 years old for men and 52 years old for women. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for any community in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

INTRODUCTORY

Hidden away, dotted throughout the landscape of America, are the Reservations of the Indigenous People of our land. Mostly unknown or forgotten by the mainstream culture of the dominant U.S. society, the average United States resident knows little or nothing about these people other than what romanticized versions they see in movies and television or else in their nearest Reservation casino. Most assume that whatever poverty exists on a reservation is most certainly comparable to that which they might experience themselves.

And definitely, mainstream Americans are accustomed to being exposed to poverty. It has become nearly invisible due to its overwhelming presence everywhere. We drive through our cities now with a blind eye, numb to the suffering around us. Even more, we watch the televised reports of Third World countries, shake our heads and turn away, rightfully assuming that our government and our charities will help those in need all over the globe.

But the question begs: What about the foreign nations on America's own soil, within this country, a part and yet apart from mainstream society? What about the Native American Nations on America's reservations? Few mainstream Americans know anything about the people that live on these reservations and fewer still know or comprehend the unconscionable conditions present on many of them.

What many do not know is that a staggering number of residents on Native American reservations live in abject conditions rivaling, or even surpassing, that of many Third World countries.

This report chronicles just one Nation, the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Yet the name and only a few details could easily be changed to describe a host of others; Dineh (Navajo), Ute Mountain Ute, Tohono O'odham, Pima, Yaqui, Ojibwa, Chippewa, the list is long.

But despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Nation after Nation of Indigenous leaders and their people are working hard to counteract decades of oppression and forced destruction of their cultures to bring their citizens back to a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency in today's world.



Below are further in depth statistics of Pine Ridge

IN DEPTH STATISTICS

* The Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian Reservation sits in Bennett, Jackson, and Shannon Counties and is located in the southwest corner of South Dakota, fifty miles east of the Wyoming border.

* The 11,000-square mile (over 2 million acres) Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States. It is roughly the size of the State of Connecticut.

* The Reservation is divided into eight districts: Eagle Nest, Pass Creek, Wakpamni, LaCreek, Pine Ridge, White Clay, Medicine Root, Porcupine, and Wounded Knee.

* The topography of the Pine Ridge Reservation includes badlands, rolling grassland hills, dryland prairie, and areas dotted with pine trees.

* According to the 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs Census, the Pine Ridge Reservation is home to approximately 40,000 persons, 35% of which are under the age of 16. Approximately half the residents of the Reservation are registered tribal members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.

* The population is steadily rising, despite the severe conditions on the Reservation, as more and more Oglala Lakota return home from far-away cities in order to live within their societal values, be with their families, and assist with the revitalization of their culture and their Nation.

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 per year.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* There is no industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.

* The nearest town of size (which provides some jobs for those few persons able to travel the distance) is Rapid City, South Dakota with approximately 57,000 residents. It is located approximately 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located about 350 miles away.

* Some figures state that the life expectancy on the Reservation is 48 years old for men and 52 for women. Other reports state that the average life expectancy on the Reservation is 45 years old. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for a community anywhere in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

* Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* More than half the Reservation's adults battle addiction and disease. Alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and malnutrition are rampant.


* The rate of diabetes on the Reservation is reported to be 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Recent reports indicate that almost 50% of the adults on the Reservation over the age of 40 have diabetes. Over 37% of population is diabetic.

* As a result of the high rate of diabetes on the Reservation, diabetic-related blindness, amputations, and kidney failure are common.

* The tuberculosis rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Each winter, Reservation Elders are found dead from hypothermia (freezing).

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold, Stachybotrys. This infestation causes an often-fatal condition with infants, children, elderly, those with damaged immune systems, and those with lung and pulmonary conditions at the highest risk. Exposure to this mold can cause hemorrhaging of the lungs and brain as well as cancer.

* Many Reservation residents live without health care due to vast travel distances involved in accessing that care. Additional factors include under-funded, under-staffed medical facilities and outdated or non-existent medical equipment. There is little hope for increased funding for Indian health care.

* Preventive healthcare programs are rare.

* In most of the treaties between the U.S. Government and Indian Nations, the U.S. government agreed to provide adequate medical care for Indians in return for vast quantities of land. The Indian Health Services (IHS) was set up to administer the health care for Indians under these treaties and receives an appropriation each year to fund Indian health care. Unfortunately, the appropriation is very small compared to the need. The IHS is understaffed and ill-equipped and can't possibly address the needs of Indian communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

* School drop-out rate is over 70%.

* According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

* Teacher turnover is 800% that of the U.S. national average

* The small Tribal Housing Authority homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are so overcrowded and scarce that many homeless families often use tents or cars for shelter. Many families live in shacks, old trailers, or dilapidated mobile homes.

* There is a large homeless population on the Reservation, but most families never turn away a relative no matter how distant the blood relation. Consequently, many homes have large numbers of people living in them.

* There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.

* 60% of Reservation families have no telephone.

* Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.

* Many residents must carry (often contaminated) water from the local rivers daily for their personal needs.

* 39% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation have no electricity.

* 59% of the Reservation homes are substandard.

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation need to be burned to the ground and replaced with new housing due to infestation of the potentially-fatal Black Mold, Stachybotrys. There is no insurance or government program to assist families in replacing their homes.

* Some Reservation families are forced to sleep on dirt floors.

* Many Reservation homes lack adequate insulation. Even more homes lack central heating.

* Without basic insulation or central heating in their homes, many residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation use their ovens to heat their homes.

* Many Reservation homes lack stoves, refrigerators, beds, and/or basic furniture.

* Most Reservation families live in rural and often isolated areas.

* The largest town on the Reservation is the town of Pine Ridge which has a population of approximately 5,720 people and is the administrative center for the Reservation.

* There are few improved roads on the Reservation and many of the homes are inaccessible during times of heavy snow or rain.

* Weather is extreme on the Reservation. Severe winds are always a factor. Traditionally, summer temperatures reach well over 110*F and winters bring bitter cold with temperatures that can reach -50*F below zero or worse. Flooding, tornados, or wildfires are always a risk.

* Many of the wells and much of the water and land on the Reservation is contaminated with pesticides and other poisons from farming, mining, open dumps, and commercial and governmental mining operations outside the Reservation. A further source of contamination is buried ordnance and hazardous materials from closed U.S. military bombing ranges on the Reservation.

* The Pine Ridge Reservation still has no banks, motels, discount stores, or movie theaters. It has only one grocery store of any moderate size and it is located in the town of Pine Ridge on the Reservation.

* Several of the banks and lending institutions nearest to the Reservation were recently targeted for investigation of fraudulent or predatory lending practices, with the citizens of the Pine Ridge Reservation as their victims.

* There are no public libraries except one at the Oglala Lakota College of the reservation.

* There is no public transportation available on the Reservation.

* Ownership of operable automobiles by residents of the Reservation is highly limited.

* Predominate form of travel for all ages on the Reservation is walking or hitchhiking.

* There is one very small airport on the Reservation servicing both the Pine Ridge Reservation and Shannon County. It's longest, paved runway extends 4,969 feet. There are no commercial flights available.

* There is one radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation. KILI 90.1FM is located near the town of Porcupine on the Reservation.

* Alcoholism affects eight out of ten families on the Reservation.

* The death rate from alcohol-related problems on the Reservation is 300% higher than the remaining US population.

* The Oglala Lakota Nation has prohibited the sale and possession of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation since the early 1970's. However, the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (which sits 400 yards off the Reservation border in a contested "buffer" zone) has approximately 14 residents and four liquor stores which sell over 4.1 million cans of beer each year resulting in a $3million annual trade. Unlike other Nebraska communities, Whiteclay exists only to sell liquor and make money. It has no schools, no churches, no civic organizations, no parks, no benches, no public bathrooms, no fire service and no law enforcement. Tribal officials have repeatedly pleaded with the State of Nebraska to close these liquor stores or enforce the State laws regulating liquor stores but have been consistently refused.

* Scientific studies show that the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer which begins underneath the Pine Ridge Reservation is predicted to run dry within the next thirty years, possibly as early as the year 2005, due to commercial interest use and dryland farming in numerous states south of the Reservation. This critical North American underground water resource is not renewable at anything near the present consumption rate. The recent years of drought have simply accelerated the problem.

* Scientific studies show that much of the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer has been contaminated with farming pesticides and commercial, factory, mining, and industrial contaminants in the States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

* The Tribal nations are considered to have sovereign governmental status and have a government to government relationship with the United States. The Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. The Tribe is governed by an elected body consisting of a 5 member Executive Committee and an 18 member Tribal Council, all of whom serve a four year term.

(Compiled from recent political, government, and tribal publications)
If you wish a list of the resources and publications used for this report, please contact: Stephanie M. Schwartz at [email protected]

Fastest-Growing Cities in America
Actually the business moving into Rapid City and western South Dakota are quite incredible. No sales tax, no business taxes, wide open spaces and well off Retired people moving to the state makes for an attractive business model. Ellsworth expanding.
Ellsworth chosen as training base, first to receive B-21 nuclear bombers

Rapid City, South Dakota Economy

it depends on which report you go by. The one I saw listed unemployment in excess of 4.8. After spending time there, I would believe the higher number or closer to it. It's nicknamed by the Military as Rancid City for a lot of reasons. And if you think I spent all my time on base, I spent most of my time as an Entertainer working across much of western SD, North Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming. In between good paying gigs, I even played in an All Indian Band (The only tribe that won't accept those of us with less than 1/8th blood is the very one that I carry blood from). The Sioux treated me well and called me Brother like the Utes and Navajo do around here. But I am honest about it. I was raised on a high country ranch and am more cow than deer.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

You can stop lying anytime now. The Majority of the population ain't buying this lie. Move on. Come up with another one to give Trump another free ride. Wait 10 minutes, I am sure something else will come up from him that will need to be glazed over.

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Solar and wind destroy landscapes. My electricity comes from coal and nuke.
We get tax breaks if we destroy the aesthetic of our historic homes with solar panels on the roof.

And where is "Here"? You mind if I verify your statement? Or can I round file it.

DC. Why is anyone who disagrees with you a liar?

Actually, when you lie you are a liar. I see the proof that you are a liar and so does anyone else that lives in coal country. And yes, Dorathy, this is or was heavy coal country. Where do YOU live?

 

[Rustic]

I've been through your Hail Storms. Call them what they are. More like Ice Storms. My Olds Cutlass was outside when one of those puppies cut loose. I watched 2 to 4 inch ice crystals hit the windshield numerous times. The damage was in the aluminum trim. Across the street was a Toyota. It got it's whole top caved in. Solar panels are built to sustain what I saw just like my 1970 Olds was.

As for the Wind Mills, use better Bearings. Cheap chinese bearing versus Pittsburg Stainless Steel Bearings means all the difference. Of course, you tout cheap 400 buck ARs as top quality as well.

You have Railroads and Interstates as well as US Highways. Ever hear of Public Rightaways? They can do what we do and run their lines the same way. Oh, wait, they already do. But they would have to upgrade them for the heavier loads. Who knows, SD might be able to sell extra power to other states. Imagine that, SD finally starting to become self sufficient for a change. But, nah, it's better to suck off the Federal Government and stay a Welfare State. Yes, the poster child of a Red State.

You can stop lying and covering up for one of the worst run state governments in the US. It was like that in the 70s and it hasn't changed since.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said to sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

You dont' live that far from Rancid City. The most dangerous place to live in SD. It also has an unemployment rate over 1% higher than the national average. It's become stagnant in growth. How's it feel to live in a Rural area with a higher crime and homicide rate than NYC. You are more likely to get Murdered in Rapid City than Denver Colorado or even Detroit at 8 gun homocides per 100,000 per year. And don't say it's because of the non white races or the Indians. The White race is over 72%, the Indian race is 10.5 while the Black race is 1.1. There isn't enough of the other races to even affect anything. Over half of the population actually graduated High School or received a GED. 7.2% dropped out.This is for adults over 25. Over 35% of the adult age population make less than 34K a year making it a welfare state. Only 4% make more than 200K per year. So much for your claim of all those rich people. I guess they are afraid to live in the 2nd more populous city in SD because the don't want to be murdered.

BTW, Sturgis, right down the road also made the top 10 most dangerous places to live in SD.but it has a zero violent murder rate. You are more likely to be knocked in the head and have your wallet stolen. And with over 90.6% of a the population being white, the other races don't even factor into the crime rate. So much for your home being that safe.

You live in a fantasy land. It's friggin dangerous. I remember being threatened by 6 white guys because I was dating an Indian. Damn, she was fine. My response? I told them I had a 1911 that held 7 shots and I could afford to miss once. They went away and I never heard from the again. Too bad. I could have done a public service that day.

I’m about 100 miles northwest of Rapid City as the crow flies. But you’re thinking of North rapid, That’s where all the Indians live, Then they flee along Highway 44 when they get in trouble or need to get back to the Rez to get their socialist checks.
We have something called the Ellsworth Air Force Base, that’s where most of the blacks come from.

True we do have a meth problem in western South Dakota, Most of those people are from out of state though. Bums that come in for the Sturgis motorcycle rally and can’t afford and/or find a way to leave.
The Lawrence County Jail is dominated by Indian inmates. Sturgis outside of the rally, is a place where you don’t even have to lock your doors when you go on vacation. In the wintertime it’s basically a ghost town.
South Dakota Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

By far the most dangerous places in South Dakota or Indian reservations, basically Third World countries... a little over 700,000 people in the whole state. The reservations dominate the crime. Fact
Pine Ridge Reservation


STATISTICAL DATA

Despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Indigenous people are struggling hard to overcome decades of neglect, discrimination and forced destruction of their traditional cultures to promote a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency.

BRIEF STATISTICS

* 97% of of the population at Pine Ridge Reservation live below federal poverty line.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* Death due to Heart Disease: Twice the national average.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Elderly die each winter from hypothermia (freezing).

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.

* At least 60% of the homes are severely substandard, without water, electricity, adequate insulation, and sewage systems.

* Recent reports state the average life expectancy is 45 years old while others state that it is 48 years old for men and 52 years old for women. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for any community in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

INTRODUCTORY

Hidden away, dotted throughout the landscape of America, are the Reservations of the Indigenous People of our land. Mostly unknown or forgotten by the mainstream culture of the dominant U.S. society, the average United States resident knows little or nothing about these people other than what romanticized versions they see in movies and television or else in their nearest Reservation casino. Most assume that whatever poverty exists on a reservation is most certainly comparable to that which they might experience themselves.

And definitely, mainstream Americans are accustomed to being exposed to poverty. It has become nearly invisible due to its overwhelming presence everywhere. We drive through our cities now with a blind eye, numb to the suffering around us. Even more, we watch the televised reports of Third World countries, shake our heads and turn away, rightfully assuming that our government and our charities will help those in need all over the globe.

But the question begs: What about the foreign nations on America's own soil, within this country, a part and yet apart from mainstream society? What about the Native American Nations on America's reservations? Few mainstream Americans know anything about the people that live on these reservations and fewer still know or comprehend the unconscionable conditions present on many of them.

What many do not know is that a staggering number of residents on Native American reservations live in abject conditions rivaling, or even surpassing, that of many Third World countries.

This report chronicles just one Nation, the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Yet the name and only a few details could easily be changed to describe a host of others; Dineh (Navajo), Ute Mountain Ute, Tohono O'odham, Pima, Yaqui, Ojibwa, Chippewa, the list is long.

But despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Nation after Nation of Indigenous leaders and their people are working hard to counteract decades of oppression and forced destruction of their cultures to bring their citizens back to a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency in today's world.



Below are further in depth statistics of Pine Ridge

IN DEPTH STATISTICS

* The Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian Reservation sits in Bennett, Jackson, and Shannon Counties and is located in the southwest corner of South Dakota, fifty miles east of the Wyoming border.

* The 11,000-square mile (over 2 million acres) Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States. It is roughly the size of the State of Connecticut.

* The Reservation is divided into eight districts: Eagle Nest, Pass Creek, Wakpamni, LaCreek, Pine Ridge, White Clay, Medicine Root, Porcupine, and Wounded Knee.

* The topography of the Pine Ridge Reservation includes badlands, rolling grassland hills, dryland prairie, and areas dotted with pine trees.

* According to the 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs Census, the Pine Ridge Reservation is home to approximately 40,000 persons, 35% of which are under the age of 16. Approximately half the residents of the Reservation are registered tribal members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.

* The population is steadily rising, despite the severe conditions on the Reservation, as more and more Oglala Lakota return home from far-away cities in order to live within their societal values, be with their families, and assist with the revitalization of their culture and their Nation.

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 per year.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* There is no industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.

* The nearest town of size (which provides some jobs for those few persons able to travel the distance) is Rapid City, South Dakota with approximately 57,000 residents. It is located approximately 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located about 350 miles away.

* Some figures state that the life expectancy on the Reservation is 48 years old for men and 52 for women. Other reports state that the average life expectancy on the Reservation is 45 years old. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for a community anywhere in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

* Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* More than half the Reservation's adults battle addiction and disease. Alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and malnutrition are rampant.


* The rate of diabetes on the Reservation is reported to be 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Recent reports indicate that almost 50% of the adults on the Reservation over the age of 40 have diabetes. Over 37% of population is diabetic.

* As a result of the high rate of diabetes on the Reservation, diabetic-related blindness, amputations, and kidney failure are common.

* The tuberculosis rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Each winter, Reservation Elders are found dead from hypothermia (freezing).

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold, Stachybotrys. This infestation causes an often-fatal condition with infants, children, elderly, those with damaged immune systems, and those with lung and pulmonary conditions at the highest risk. Exposure to this mold can cause hemorrhaging of the lungs and brain as well as cancer.

* Many Reservation residents live without health care due to vast travel distances involved in accessing that care. Additional factors include under-funded, under-staffed medical facilities and outdated or non-existent medical equipment. There is little hope for increased funding for Indian health care.

* Preventive healthcare programs are rare.

* In most of the treaties between the U.S. Government and Indian Nations, the U.S. government agreed to provide adequate medical care for Indians in return for vast quantities of land. The Indian Health Services (IHS) was set up to administer the health care for Indians under these treaties and receives an appropriation each year to fund Indian health care. Unfortunately, the appropriation is very small compared to the need. The IHS is understaffed and ill-equipped and can't possibly address the needs of Indian communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

* School drop-out rate is over 70%.

* According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

* Teacher turnover is 800% that of the U.S. national average

* The small Tribal Housing Authority homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are so overcrowded and scarce that many homeless families often use tents or cars for shelter. Many families live in shacks, old trailers, or dilapidated mobile homes.

* There is a large homeless population on the Reservation, but most families never turn away a relative no matter how distant the blood relation. Consequently, many homes have large numbers of people living in them.

* There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.

* 60% of Reservation families have no telephone.

* Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.

* Many residents must carry (often contaminated) water from the local rivers daily for their personal needs.

* 39% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation have no electricity.

* 59% of the Reservation homes are substandard.

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation need to be burned to the ground and replaced with new housing due to infestation of the potentially-fatal Black Mold, Stachybotrys. There is no insurance or government program to assist families in replacing their homes.

* Some Reservation families are forced to sleep on dirt floors.

* Many Reservation homes lack adequate insulation. Even more homes lack central heating.

* Without basic insulation or central heating in their homes, many residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation use their ovens to heat their homes.

* Many Reservation homes lack stoves, refrigerators, beds, and/or basic furniture.

* Most Reservation families live in rural and often isolated areas.

* The largest town on the Reservation is the town of Pine Ridge which has a population of approximately 5,720 people and is the administrative center for the Reservation.

* There are few improved roads on the Reservation and many of the homes are inaccessible during times of heavy snow or rain.

* Weather is extreme on the Reservation. Severe winds are always a factor. Traditionally, summer temperatures reach well over 110*F and winters bring bitter cold with temperatures that can reach -50*F below zero or worse. Flooding, tornados, or wildfires are always a risk.

* Many of the wells and much of the water and land on the Reservation is contaminated with pesticides and other poisons from farming, mining, open dumps, and commercial and governmental mining operations outside the Reservation. A further source of contamination is buried ordnance and hazardous materials from closed U.S. military bombing ranges on the Reservation.

* The Pine Ridge Reservation still has no banks, motels, discount stores, or movie theaters. It has only one grocery store of any moderate size and it is located in the town of Pine Ridge on the Reservation.

* Several of the banks and lending institutions nearest to the Reservation were recently targeted for investigation of fraudulent or predatory lending practices, with the citizens of the Pine Ridge Reservation as their victims.

* There are no public libraries except one at the Oglala Lakota College of the reservation.

* There is no public transportation available on the Reservation.

* Ownership of operable automobiles by residents of the Reservation is highly limited.

* Predominate form of travel for all ages on the Reservation is walking or hitchhiking.

* There is one very small airport on the Reservation servicing both the Pine Ridge Reservation and Shannon County. It's longest, paved runway extends 4,969 feet. There are no commercial flights available.

* There is one radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation. KILI 90.1FM is located near the town of Porcupine on the Reservation.

* Alcoholism affects eight out of ten families on the Reservation.

* The death rate from alcohol-related problems on the Reservation is 300% higher than the remaining US population.

* The Oglala Lakota Nation has prohibited the sale and possession of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation since the early 1970's. However, the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (which sits 400 yards off the Reservation border in a contested "buffer" zone) has approximately 14 residents and four liquor stores which sell over 4.1 million cans of beer each year resulting in a $3million annual trade. Unlike other Nebraska communities, Whiteclay exists only to sell liquor and make money. It has no schools, no churches, no civic organizations, no parks, no benches, no public bathrooms, no fire service and no law enforcement. Tribal officials have repeatedly pleaded with the State of Nebraska to close these liquor stores or enforce the State laws regulating liquor stores but have been consistently refused.

* Scientific studies show that the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer which begins underneath the Pine Ridge Reservation is predicted to run dry within the next thirty years, possibly as early as the year 2005, due to commercial interest use and dryland farming in numerous states south of the Reservation. This critical North American underground water resource is not renewable at anything near the present consumption rate. The recent years of drought have simply accelerated the problem.

* Scientific studies show that much of the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer has been contaminated with farming pesticides and commercial, factory, mining, and industrial contaminants in the States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

* The Tribal nations are considered to have sovereign governmental status and have a government to government relationship with the United States. The Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. The Tribe is governed by an elected body consisting of a 5 member Executive Committee and an 18 member Tribal Council, all of whom serve a four year term.

(Compiled from recent political, government, and tribal publications)
If you wish a list of the resources and publications used for this report, please contact: Stephanie M. Schwartz at [email protected]

Fastest-Growing Cities in America
Actually the business moving into Rapid City and western South Dakota are quite incredible. No sales tax, no business taxes, wide open spaces and well off Retired people moving to the state makes for an attractive business model. Ellsworth expanding.
Ellsworth chosen as training base, first to receive B-21 nuclear bombers

That's Ellsworth AFB. It's really not connected to SD in any way. Like most Military Bases, it's it's own community including it's own stores, recreation, etc.. The reason it was chosen for the B-21 is that it's got a really long runway, it sprawls, has lots of room to grow. For Military Bases, it is already huge and can grow even larger.

Ellsworth has a huge turnover of people, A lot of my customers are from there. They spend lots of money.
I go to the PX there quite often....

 

[Rustic]

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...states-use-the-most-renewable-energy?slide=11

We do try and use renewable energy up here but it’s not enough... Will not be enough for decades. Like I said I’m an all of the above type of guy.

I said to sell $400 to $500 ARs, they are just sporting rifles, As all over the counter ARs are. Lol
You get what you pay for... Over the counter ARs will never pass military muster.

Solar panels rarely make it through a couple years up here, No matter who builds them. Lol

We don’t have much for roads up here, we like it like that. people don’t want that shit on their land.

The only people that suck off the federal government are the Indian reservations... Cause its pure socialism.
South Dakota

• Total liabilities: $1.14 billion
• Total assets: $7.46 billion
• Debt ratio: 14.9 percent

The Midwest puts up excellent numbers with South Dakota. Besides the second-best state debt ratio, the state’s roughly $1.14 billion in total liabilities is the lowest amount in the study. And, it’s one of the top three states for rich Americans.
States With the Most and Least Amount of Debt

You dont' live that far from Rancid City. The most dangerous place to live in SD. It also has an unemployment rate over 1% higher than the national average. It's become stagnant in growth. How's it feel to live in a Rural area with a higher crime and homicide rate than NYC. You are more likely to get Murdered in Rapid City than Denver Colorado or even Detroit at 8 gun homocides per 100,000 per year. And don't say it's because of the non white races or the Indians. The White race is over 72%, the Indian race is 10.5 while the Black race is 1.1. There isn't enough of the other races to even affect anything. Over half of the population actually graduated High School or received a GED. 7.2% dropped out.This is for adults over 25. Over 35% of the adult age population make less than 34K a year making it a welfare state. Only 4% make more than 200K per year. So much for your claim of all those rich people. I guess they are afraid to live in the 2nd more populous city in SD because the don't want to be murdered.

BTW, Sturgis, right down the road also made the top 10 most dangerous places to live in SD.but it has a zero violent murder rate. You are more likely to be knocked in the head and have your wallet stolen. And with over 90.6% of a the population being white, the other races don't even factor into the crime rate. So much for your home being that safe.

You live in a fantasy land. It's friggin dangerous. I remember being threatened by 6 white guys because I was dating an Indian. Damn, she was fine. My response? I told them I had a 1911 that held 7 shots and I could afford to miss once. They went away and I never heard from the again. Too bad. I could have done a public service that day.

I’m about 100 miles north of Rapid City as the crow flies. But you’re thinking of North rapid, That’s where all the Indians live, Then they flee along Highway 44 when they get in trouble or need to get back to the Rez to get their socialist checks.
We have something called the Ellsworth Air Force Base, that’s where most of the blacks come from.

True we do have a meth problem in western South Dakota, Most of those people are from out of state though. Bums that come in for the Sturgis motorcycle rally and can’t afford and/or find a way to leave.
The Lawrence County Jail is dominated by Indian inmates. Sturgis outside of the rally, is a place where you don’t even have to lock your doors when you go on vacation. In the wintertime it’s basically a ghost town.
South Dakota Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

By far the most dangerous places in South Dakota or Indian reservations, basically Third World countries... a little over 700,000 people in the whole state. The reservations dominate the crime. Fact
Pine Ridge Reservation


STATISTICAL DATA

Despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Indigenous people are struggling hard to overcome decades of neglect, discrimination and forced destruction of their traditional cultures to promote a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency.

BRIEF STATISTICS

* 97% of of the population at Pine Ridge Reservation live below federal poverty line.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* Death due to Heart Disease: Twice the national average.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Elderly die each winter from hypothermia (freezing).

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 to $3,500 per year.

* At least 60% of the homes are severely substandard, without water, electricity, adequate insulation, and sewage systems.

* Recent reports state the average life expectancy is 45 years old while others state that it is 48 years old for men and 52 years old for women. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for any community in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

INTRODUCTORY

Hidden away, dotted throughout the landscape of America, are the Reservations of the Indigenous People of our land. Mostly unknown or forgotten by the mainstream culture of the dominant U.S. society, the average United States resident knows little or nothing about these people other than what romanticized versions they see in movies and television or else in their nearest Reservation casino. Most assume that whatever poverty exists on a reservation is most certainly comparable to that which they might experience themselves.

And definitely, mainstream Americans are accustomed to being exposed to poverty. It has become nearly invisible due to its overwhelming presence everywhere. We drive through our cities now with a blind eye, numb to the suffering around us. Even more, we watch the televised reports of Third World countries, shake our heads and turn away, rightfully assuming that our government and our charities will help those in need all over the globe.

But the question begs: What about the foreign nations on America's own soil, within this country, a part and yet apart from mainstream society? What about the Native American Nations on America's reservations? Few mainstream Americans know anything about the people that live on these reservations and fewer still know or comprehend the unconscionable conditions present on many of them.

What many do not know is that a staggering number of residents on Native American reservations live in abject conditions rivaling, or even surpassing, that of many Third World countries.

This report chronicles just one Nation, the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Nation of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Yet the name and only a few details could easily be changed to describe a host of others; Dineh (Navajo), Ute Mountain Ute, Tohono O'odham, Pima, Yaqui, Ojibwa, Chippewa, the list is long.

But despite nearly-insurmountable conditions, few resources, and against unbelievable odds, Nation after Nation of Indigenous leaders and their people are working hard to counteract decades of oppression and forced destruction of their cultures to bring their citizens back to a life of self-respect and self-sufficiency in today's world.



Below are further in depth statistics of Pine Ridge

IN DEPTH STATISTICS

* The Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian Reservation sits in Bennett, Jackson, and Shannon Counties and is located in the southwest corner of South Dakota, fifty miles east of the Wyoming border.

* The 11,000-square mile (over 2 million acres) Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation is the second-largest Native American Reservation within the United States. It is roughly the size of the State of Connecticut.

* The Reservation is divided into eight districts: Eagle Nest, Pass Creek, Wakpamni, LaCreek, Pine Ridge, White Clay, Medicine Root, Porcupine, and Wounded Knee.

* The topography of the Pine Ridge Reservation includes badlands, rolling grassland hills, dryland prairie, and areas dotted with pine trees.

* According to the 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs Census, the Pine Ridge Reservation is home to approximately 40,000 persons, 35% of which are under the age of 16. Approximately half the residents of the Reservation are registered tribal members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.

* The population is steadily rising, despite the severe conditions on the Reservation, as more and more Oglala Lakota return home from far-away cities in order to live within their societal values, be with their families, and assist with the revitalization of their culture and their Nation.

* Recent reports point out that the median income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately $2,600 per year.

* The unemployment rate vacillates from 85% to 95% on the Reservation.

* There is no industry, technology, or commercial infrastructure on the Reservation to provide employment.

* The nearest town of size (which provides some jobs for those few persons able to travel the distance) is Rapid City, South Dakota with approximately 57,000 residents. It is located approximately 120 miles from the Reservation. The nearest large city to Pine Ridge is Denver, Colorado located about 350 miles away.

* Some figures state that the life expectancy on the Reservation is 48 years old for men and 52 for women. Other reports state that the average life expectancy on the Reservation is 45 years old. With either set of figures, that's the shortest life expectancy for a community anywhere in the Western Hemisphere outside Haiti, according to The Wall Street Journal.

* Teenage suicide rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is 150% higher than the U.S. national average for this age group.

* The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent and is about 300% higher than the U.S. national average.

* More than half the Reservation's adults battle addiction and disease. Alcoholism, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and malnutrition are rampant.


* The rate of diabetes on the Reservation is reported to be 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Recent reports indicate that almost 50% of the adults on the Reservation over the age of 40 have diabetes. Over 37% of population is diabetic.

* As a result of the high rate of diabetes on the Reservation, diabetic-related blindness, amputations, and kidney failure are common.

* The tuberculosis rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation is approximately 800% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Cervical cancer is 500% higher than the U.S. national average.

* Each winter, Reservation Elders are found dead from hypothermia (freezing).

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold, Stachybotrys. This infestation causes an often-fatal condition with infants, children, elderly, those with damaged immune systems, and those with lung and pulmonary conditions at the highest risk. Exposure to this mold can cause hemorrhaging of the lungs and brain as well as cancer.

* Many Reservation residents live without health care due to vast travel distances involved in accessing that care. Additional factors include under-funded, under-staffed medical facilities and outdated or non-existent medical equipment. There is little hope for increased funding for Indian health care.

* Preventive healthcare programs are rare.

* In most of the treaties between the U.S. Government and Indian Nations, the U.S. government agreed to provide adequate medical care for Indians in return for vast quantities of land. The Indian Health Services (IHS) was set up to administer the health care for Indians under these treaties and receives an appropriation each year to fund Indian health care. Unfortunately, the appropriation is very small compared to the need. The IHS is understaffed and ill-equipped and can't possibly address the needs of Indian communities. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

* School drop-out rate is over 70%.

* According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

* Teacher turnover is 800% that of the U.S. national average

* The small Tribal Housing Authority homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are so overcrowded and scarce that many homeless families often use tents or cars for shelter. Many families live in shacks, old trailers, or dilapidated mobile homes.

* There is a large homeless population on the Reservation, but most families never turn away a relative no matter how distant the blood relation. Consequently, many homes have large numbers of people living in them.

* There is an estimated average of 17 people living in each family home (a home which may only have two to three rooms). Some homes, built for 6 to 8 people, have up to 30 people living in them.

* 60% of Reservation families have no telephone.

* Over 33% of the Reservation homes lack basic water and sewage systems as well as electricity.

* Many residents must carry (often contaminated) water from the local rivers daily for their personal needs.

* 39% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation have no electricity.

* 59% of the Reservation homes are substandard.

* It is reported that at least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation need to be burned to the ground and replaced with new housing due to infestation of the potentially-fatal Black Mold, Stachybotrys. There is no insurance or government program to assist families in replacing their homes.

* Some Reservation families are forced to sleep on dirt floors.

* Many Reservation homes lack adequate insulation. Even more homes lack central heating.

* Without basic insulation or central heating in their homes, many residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation use their ovens to heat their homes.

* Many Reservation homes lack stoves, refrigerators, beds, and/or basic furniture.

* Most Reservation families live in rural and often isolated areas.

* The largest town on the Reservation is the town of Pine Ridge which has a population of approximately 5,720 people and is the administrative center for the Reservation.

* There are few improved roads on the Reservation and many of the homes are inaccessible during times of heavy snow or rain.

* Weather is extreme on the Reservation. Severe winds are always a factor. Traditionally, summer temperatures reach well over 110*F and winters bring bitter cold with temperatures that can reach -50*F below zero or worse. Flooding, tornados, or wildfires are always a risk.

* Many of the wells and much of the water and land on the Reservation is contaminated with pesticides and other poisons from farming, mining, open dumps, and commercial and governmental mining operations outside the Reservation. A further source of contamination is buried ordnance and hazardous materials from closed U.S. military bombing ranges on the Reservation.

* The Pine Ridge Reservation still has no banks, motels, discount stores, or movie theaters. It has only one grocery store of any moderate size and it is located in the town of Pine Ridge on the Reservation.

* Several of the banks and lending institutions nearest to the Reservation were recently targeted for investigation of fraudulent or predatory lending practices, with the citizens of the Pine Ridge Reservation as their victims.

* There are no public libraries except one at the Oglala Lakota College of the reservation.

* There is no public transportation available on the Reservation.

* Ownership of operable automobiles by residents of the Reservation is highly limited.

* Predominate form of travel for all ages on the Reservation is walking or hitchhiking.

* There is one very small airport on the Reservation servicing both the Pine Ridge Reservation and Shannon County. It's longest, paved runway extends 4,969 feet. There are no commercial flights available.

* There is one radio station on the Pine Ridge Reservation. KILI 90.1FM is located near the town of Porcupine on the Reservation.

* Alcoholism affects eight out of ten families on the Reservation.

* The death rate from alcohol-related problems on the Reservation is 300% higher than the remaining US population.

* The Oglala Lakota Nation has prohibited the sale and possession of alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation since the early 1970's. However, the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska (which sits 400 yards off the Reservation border in a contested "buffer" zone) has approximately 14 residents and four liquor stores which sell over 4.1 million cans of beer each year resulting in a $3million annual trade. Unlike other Nebraska communities, Whiteclay exists only to sell liquor and make money. It has no schools, no churches, no civic organizations, no parks, no benches, no public bathrooms, no fire service and no law enforcement. Tribal officials have repeatedly pleaded with the State of Nebraska to close these liquor stores or enforce the State laws regulating liquor stores but have been consistently refused.

* Scientific studies show that the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer which begins underneath the Pine Ridge Reservation is predicted to run dry within the next thirty years, possibly as early as the year 2005, due to commercial interest use and dryland farming in numerous states south of the Reservation. This critical North American underground water resource is not renewable at anything near the present consumption rate. The recent years of drought have simply accelerated the problem.

* Scientific studies show that much of the High Plains/Oglala Aquifer has been contaminated with farming pesticides and commercial, factory, mining, and industrial contaminants in the States of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

* The Tribal nations are considered to have sovereign governmental status and have a government to government relationship with the United States. The Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribal government operates under a constitution consistent with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and approved by the Tribal membership and Tribal Council of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. The Tribe is governed by an elected body consisting of a 5 member Executive Committee and an 18 member Tribal Council, all of whom serve a four year term.

(Compiled from recent political, government, and tribal publications)
If you wish a list of the resources and publications used for this report, please contact: Stephanie M. Schwartz at [email protected]

Fastest-Growing Cities in America
Actually the business moving into Rapid City and western South Dakota are quite incredible. No sales tax, no business taxes, wide open spaces and well off Retired people moving to the state makes for an attractive business model. Ellsworth expanding.
Ellsworth chosen as training base, first to receive B-21 nuclear bombers

Rapid City, South Dakota Economy

it depends on which report you go by. The one I saw listed unemployment in excess of 4.8. After spending time there, I would believe the higher number or closer to it. It's nicknamed by the Military as Rancid City for a lot of reasons. And if you think I spent all my time on base, I spent most of my time as an Entertainer working across much of western SD, North Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming. In between good paying gigs, I even played in an All Indian Band (The only tribe that won't accept those of us with less than 1/8th blood is the very one that I carry blood from). The Sioux treated me well and called me Brother like the Utes and Navajo do around here. But I am honest about it. I was raised on a high country ranch and am more cow than deer.

North rapid is considered part of the pine ridge Indian reservation, The vast majority of crime in Rapid City is in North Rapid by Indians.
But the crime there doesn’t even compare to the crime on the Indian reservations especially the one I grew up on, pine ridge. Vast majority of crime on the reservations is never even reported.
In the rest of western South Dakota violent crime is almost nonexistent. I would say upwards of 80% of Indians in the state do not work. That skews the unemployment numbers

 

[Rustic]

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Solar and wind destroy landscapes. My electricity comes from coal and nuke.
We get tax breaks if we destroy the aesthetic of our historic homes with solar panels on the roof.

And where is "Here"? You mind if I verify your statement? Or can I round file it.

DC. Why is anyone who disagrees with you a liar?

Actually, when you lie you are a liar. I see the proof that you are a liar and so does anyone else that lives in coal country. And yes, Dorathy, this is or was heavy coal country. Where do YOU live?

Wyoming is coal country, And will continue to be for the foreseeable future

 

[Dana7360]

Liberals can't wait to kill the coal industry.

The left is lying on clean coal

I don't know about where you live but where I live, we don't need or want coal.

In fact, we have only one coal fire plant left here and that one is being shutdown.

Coal isn't clean and never will be.

My state has clean sources for our energy. Water, wind and sun. We also have natural gas but while it's clean to burn it's not clean to extract from the earth.

My state gets 60% of our energy from water alone. It's our largest source of energy and has been for decades.

If you want to use coal go for it. Stop stop trying to force it on people who don't want it.

 

[Rustic]

Liberals can't wait to kill the coal industry.

The left is lying on clean coal

I don't know about where you live but where I live, we don't need or want coal.

In fact, we have only one coal fire plant left here and that one is being shutdown.

Coal isn't clean and never will be.

My state has clean sources for our energy. Water, wind and sun. We also have natural gas but while it's clean to burn it's not clean to extract from the earth.

My state gets 60% of our energy from water alone. It's our largest source of energy and has been for decades.

If you want to use coal go for it. Stop stop trying to force it on people who don't want it.

Lol
Quit throwing rocks in your glass house you cowardly motherfucker.

The northern plains would be a waste land without fossil fuels, Mind your own business you spineless kunt...

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

What lying? Democrats rely on unvetted MSM propaganda.

I just have to look out my window. The Coal cars that used to be lines deep are gone. Yes, I live within a quarter of a mile of the UP Holding Yards. It used to be that there was a train of 105 cars pull out every other hour 24/7 but now, maybe, it will take a week to put together that 105 car train. And UP doesn't bother with the diesel fuel for anything less than 105 cars.

I just have to look at my electric bill. while yours has probably gone up, my has gone down. You see, your lying bunch says it's more expensive to use Solar and Wind. It is in the first 4 years or so. After that, it's all paid for and the price of the electricity goes way, way down. We still use Hydro Electric Power that was built in the late 60s, some in the 70s and 80s. It's all paid for now. No coal fired plants around here. Over half of the electric power does come from Natural Gas but it's gone down. Natural Gas is going to be around a very, very long time though. So it's a combination of all types except for coal. Do we have an excess of Natural Gas, you betcha. They are trying to get that pipe to oregon to make it into CNA and sell it to Japan, China and others. Do we have an excess of Hyroelectric? We put it in the trunk and it ends up in Phoenix and LA. Blue Mesa Damn, alone, has 2 operational Hydro turbines and is one of the largest dams in the world. Just below that is Morrow Point where I worked one summer. It's the second largest concave dam in the world.

I just have to drive up the valley to Sommerset and see the vacant houses, empty stores and idle mines. There are a ton of mines up there that could be producing but there is only 2 that still are in operation. UP runs short trains out of them because they rails are so deteriorated that the rails will flex sometimes as much as 4 feet. The Schools in Somerset have closed down and the students are bused. If you want to see much of the same thing, just visit West Virginia or parts of Pennsylvania. It's been like that long before Obama can along. Coal has been dying for a few decades. It seems large cities like to breath.

All that from not turning on the TV or Radio. Not picking up a Newspaper of any kind. That means, you are a liar and I rarely say that about anyone except for Trump who is a professional liar. It appears that you are as well.

Solar and wind destroy landscapes. My electricity comes from coal and nuke.
We get tax breaks if we destroy the aesthetic of our historic homes with solar panels on the roof.

And where is "Here"? You mind if I verify your statement? Or can I round file it.

DC. Why is anyone who disagrees with you a liar?

Actually, when you lie you are a liar. I see the proof that you are a liar and so does anyone else that lives in coal country. And yes, Dorathy, this is or was heavy coal country. Where do YOU live?

WTF are you talking about?
Coal is cheap and available. It is demonized by a Marxist agenda in order to control the people via economic manipulation. That’s pure truth.