Basic Information about the Reservations

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8 Siouxan Reservations in South Dakota

Pine Ridge Reservation, Cheyenne River Reservation, Crow Creek Reservation, Lower Brule Reservation, Rosebud Reservation, Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation, Yankton Reservation, Flandreau Santee Reservation

Among the poorest indigenous people in the United States

Over 60% of the homes are severely sub-standard, many without running water or electricity

Average income on the Oglala Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation is only approximately $3500.00 per YEAR while unemployment hovers around 85% on this 2.7 million acre Reservation housing app. 20,000 people

Winter low temperatures in South Dakota average 9* F (November through February)

Made worse with bitter wind-chill factors and Record Temperatures reaching -44* below 0*F (1996)

Lakota have died from hypothermia due to inability to pay for heating

The majority of funding goes to help the Elders only. However, there are those occasions when the disabled or sick are in crisis situations and critically in need of heat. Even though they may not be actual Elders, Stichting Cosmic Fire Foundation finds it cannot, and will not, turn away from them. Therefore, this project will now also include those rare and reasonable instances of severe need by those who are disabled and/or sick.

Neonatal deaths are five times the US national average.
Average life expectancy for men is 48, for women 52.

Sponsoren:

Samenwerkingspartners:

Ver. Lakota Sioux Indianen

Uitvoerende organisaties:

Trees, Water & People