In North and South Dakota, poverty hits the Native-American population much harder than it does whites. Researchers link its chronic problems like diabetes and heart disease to the systematic breakdown of Native life. In the 400 year history of the…
From our partners at Prairie Public News, a report on falling poverty rates on Native American reservations. http://cpa.ds.npr.org/ndpr/audio/2016/06/chasing-davis.mp3 The director of North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission says he believes the poverty rate among Native Americans in North Dakota is dropping.…
