Staggering Facts about Pine Ridge Reservation:

80-90% Unemployment

Average family lives on as low as $4,000 a year

52% live below the poverty line

Out of the 3,143 US County, Pine Ridge Reservation is considered the “poorest”

Life expectancy: 48 years for men, 52 for women - is the second-lowest in the western hemisphere, behind only the Caribbean country Haiti.

70% of students drop out before graduating High School

Infant mortality: 300% higher than America as a whole

Teen suicide: 150% higher than America as a whole

Approximately 85% of Lakota families are affected by alcoholism

Approximately 58% of grandparents of Lakota families are raising their grandchildren