We are still here

It's a shame that this SLOG post kicks off with a reference to the artwork that is pushing the debate, rather than the debate itself - but with statistics like these, not sure it really matters -

Unemployment on the Pine Ridge Reservation fluctuates between 85 and 90%... 39% of homes on Pine Ridge have no electricity. At least 60% of the homes on the reservation are infested with black mold. More than 90% of the population lives below the federal poverty line. The tuberculosis rate on Pine Ridge is approximately eight times higher than the US national average. The infant mortality rate is the highest on the continent... cervical cancer is five times higher than the US national average... The life expectancy for men is between 46 and 48 years old, roughly the same as Afghanistan and Somalia.

More here, and this is the big, feather-wearing, elephant in the room, in every goddamn room in this goddamn country.