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I have been told that I have Native American ancestry?

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I have been told that I have Native American ancestry?. Yes No Yes, but I don’t necessarily believe it anymore. I know a lot about life for Native Americans on reservations. . Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree. Why are this country’s “first peoples” also its poorest….

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  1. I have been told that I have Native American ancestry? • Yes • No • Yes, but I don’t necessarily believe it anymore.

  2. I know a lot about life for Native Americans on reservations. • Strongly agree • Agree • Disagree • Strongly disagree

  3. Why are this country’s “first peoples” also its poorest… and least assimilated?

  4. Life on the Pine Ridge Reservation

  5. Pine Ridge Reservation - 2010 • Unemployment Rate: 80 percent • High school dropout rate: 50 percent • Life Expectancy: • Women: 52 years • Men: 48 years • Nearly 12% of deaths are alcohol related • Death rates for those suffering “severe poverty” are 533 percent higher than non Indian counterparts

  6. “Don’t Drink the Water”

  7. Chances of being a victim of a violent crime: • 124:1000 Native Americans are victims • 49:1000 whites • 61:1000 blacks • 29:1000 Asians The rate of violent crime against NA women was 50% higher than violent crime committed against African American men

  8. HOWEVER: Perpetrators were mostly white: • 60% of the perpetrators of crimes against NAs were white • 29% other NAs • 10% were black or Latino

  9. CONTRAST WITH: • 69% of those committing violent crimes against whites were white • 81% of those committing violent crimes against blacks were black • 82% of people committing violent crimes against Latinos are Latino

  10. Native American Women and Sexual Assault • Indigenous women are at least 2.5 times as likely to be sexually assaulted in their lifetime as other women residing in the U.S. • At least 1 in 3 Native American and Alaskan Native women will be raped or subjected to sexual violence in their lifetime. • At least 86 percent of reported rapes and sexual assaults of indigenous women are committed by non-Indian men (who are rarely prosecuted). • Amnesty International U.S.A. (2007 Report)

  11. Derogatory words for American Indians: • Prairie nigger • Blanket ass • Apple • Bush nigger • Chief • Chug • Cowboy killer • Feathers (vs. “dots”) • Nits (reference to lice) • Red nigger • Redskin • Timber nigger • Wagon burner