Initiatives
Initiatives to Address Ongoing State of Disaster
on the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation
Address Immediate Housing Needs:
- Fuel for the winter
- Getting rid of the black mold infestations
- Green, sustainable housing
- Alleviation of the average housing occupancy of 17 per home
Health Priorities in Need of International Support:
(Lakotah men have a life expectancy of less than 44 years, lowest of any country in the World (excluding AIDS) including Haiti.)
- Quantifying the extent of toxigenic mold infestations and it’s health impact on the people
- Treatment and reversal the diabetes epidemic through food relief, education and sustainable agricultural development.
- Identify and remediate the toxins in the water supply. We know these already include arsenic and radioactivity as the result of uranium mining
- Address the Lakotah infant mortality rate which is 300% more than the U.S. Average
Job Development:
- Day Labor in each District
- Developing solid business investment & economic infrastructure
- Establish Artists’ Guild with Catalog and Website
Renewable Energy Investment & Food Production
- Wind and solar power
- Geothermal fish farming for local food
- Geothermal green houses for local food
- Organic agriculture
- Development of indigenous food crops such as, echinacea, jerusalem artichokes, choke cherries, buffalo berries and other medicinal foods
- Development of free range buffalo herd
Sovereignty:
- Continue Political Development of Lakotah on State, Federal and International Levels
Rejuvenation of Our Youth Population:
(Teenage suicide rate is 150% higher than the U.S national average for this group.)
- Find out what the youth want and attempt to initiate; district by district
Education:
(Only 14% of the Lakotah population can speak the Lakotah language.
The language is not being shared inter-generationally. Today, the average age of a fluent Lakotah speaker is 65 years.
- Completion of the T.R.E.A.T.Y. Total Immersion School. see www.treatyschool.org
