Suicide Crisis Among Native American Youth Prompts Federal Action

[jillian]

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, is in a state of crisis. Over the past year, 14 school-age children on the reservation have killed themselves.

At the time of their suicides, four of those children were attending Pine Ridge School. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the Bureau of Indian Education school, which has some 800 K-12 students, has received $218,000 in emergency funds to help its students deal with that trauma.

The school requested the grant money through the Education Department’s Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence). With the funds, Pine Ridge will be able to hire an additional counselor and social worker for the next 12 months, better implement a Lakota-based healing program and bring in cultural teachers to provide monthly lessons on healing processes, according to information provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The 183 Bureau of Indian Education schools nationwide, which are overseen by the federal government, face a number of daunting challenges. Suicide rates among young Native Americans are disproportionately high, while high school graduation rates are disproportionately low. Many BIE school facilities are old and in poor condition.

Between August 2014 and April 2015, Pine Ridge School saw a "significant increase" in suicide attempts and counseling referrals, according to the Education Department. But currently, the school has only two counselors on staff, said Nedra Darling, a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior.

"During the end of the School Year 2014-2015 the mood was somewhat in a mourning state," Darling wrote HuffPost, adding that school personnel were spending "a great amount of time" providing mental health counseling to students and staff.

"However, as graduation approached the mood lifted and many believe it is time to move forward to teach these children to celebrate life," Darling wrote.

The Education Department touted the grant as part of the Obama administration's overall push to improve life for Native youth. The White House launched its Generation Indigenous initiative in February in an effort to remove barriers for this population through new investments and opportunities to engage.

“We are heartbroken about the tragic loss of life and are committed to working with the Pine Ridge community as it heals. These funds will help Pine Ridge School’s continued efforts to restore the learning environment in the face of these great tragedies,” said William Mendoza, director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, in Wednesday's press release. “This Administration is committed to supporting tribes in their work to meet the needs of their students. We all must do more to address the challenges across Indian Country.”

John Yellow Bird Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, declared a state of emergency on the reservation in response to the youth suicides in February.

More: Native American School Mourning 4 Student Suicides Gets Emergency Federal Aid

Poverty and suicide are common among Native Americans. They aren't all rich Injuns with casinos.

Very sad.

Why is it sad? Evolution strains out the backward the retarded and the idiots. It's natures way of cleaning the gene pool.

You know--or probably you don't because you are obviously very intellectually limited--those who are lacking in sensibility and self esteem are those who are the biggest bullies: which means that's you buddy.

The social problems of the Native Americans are complex and something that goes back to the conquering of this country by European settlers, invaders actually. Just because you are where you are does not mean it has anything to do with you as an individual human being being superior to anyone: it's very clear you are not. If you had a brain of any worth, you would be able to put this situation in perspective and with other intelligent and perceptive people, try to think of a solution to the problem.

But, indeed and truly, you are a knuckle dragger and incapable of seeing anything past your big fat nose. The pathetic one, the one on the way out as far as evolution is concernedd is you. Yep. The Native Americans are evolving and will evolve, though it is tough, but they are in the process. You have had every opportunity to be a better person, but you are nowhere near being one.

You are the one who is "backward ... retarded and [an] idiot."

It's genetics okay? They are going the way of the Dodo bird for a reason. Let them go peacefully.

you're mentally ill

 

[jillian]

In short...we took their paradise away with empty promises then relented and threw them into the worst squalor of the ghetto.

That's what liberals has done to the blacks also. Shame on liberals.

piss off loon

 

[Michelle420]

I have refuted your take as it relates to the issue of who are truly native Americans.
Now it's your turn to rebut.

BZZZT Wrong again!

You made a BS claim that there were people here before the native americans.

My link, from the reputable science journal Nature, established that the DNA of today's native americans comes from both the original settlers from Asia and the later settlers from Europe.

You have failed to refute the actual science which establishes that you are just FOS.

Until you can provide something my position stands unchallenged.

Your research made my point. Now reconcile how the original were usurped by ensuing hybrids and by each other and how that is exonerated while making claims against future settlers.
Your take is selective and your use of the term Native American is arrogantly inaccurate.

Your puerile quibble is with the terminology used by the reputable science journal, Nature.

Take it up with them and tell them that you know better. I am sure they will give your ignorant opinion all of the derision that it so justly deserves.

You still cam't reconcile your misuse of the term 'native American'.

Something else that you have failed miserably to establish.

The trolls always say let them work it out themselves but even then don't offer any ideas of ways a community could work it out themselves.

 

[Gracie]

Nevermind. Replied to wrong person.

 

[Mertex]

That's what liberals has done to the blacks also. Shame on liberals.

We're not the ones trying to disenfranchise them, we're not the ones making all the racist slurs, we're not the ones trying to bring back the Jim Crow laws.....so, er, you must have meant "that is what conservatives continue to do to blacks"......shame on you for deflecting your own shameful actions on others.

 

[Esmeralda]

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, is in a state of crisis. Over the past year, 14 school-age children on the reservation have killed themselves.

At the time of their suicides, four of those children were attending Pine Ridge School. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the Bureau of Indian Education school, which has some 800 K-12 students, has received $218,000 in emergency funds to help its students deal with that trauma.

The school requested the grant money through the Education Department’s Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence). With the funds, Pine Ridge will be able to hire an additional counselor and social worker for the next 12 months, better implement a Lakota-based healing program and bring in cultural teachers to provide monthly lessons on healing processes, according to information provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The 183 Bureau of Indian Education schools nationwide, which are overseen by the federal government, face a number of daunting challenges. Suicide rates among young Native Americans are disproportionately high, while high school graduation rates are disproportionately low. Many BIE school facilities are old and in poor condition.

Between August 2014 and April 2015, Pine Ridge School saw a "significant increase" in suicide attempts and counseling referrals, according to the Education Department. But currently, the school has only two counselors on staff, said Nedra Darling, a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior.

"During the end of the School Year 2014-2015 the mood was somewhat in a mourning state," Darling wrote HuffPost, adding that school personnel were spending "a great amount of time" providing mental health counseling to students and staff.

"However, as graduation approached the mood lifted and many believe it is time to move forward to teach these children to celebrate life," Darling wrote.

The Education Department touted the grant as part of the Obama administration's overall push to improve life for Native youth. The White House launched its Generation Indigenous initiative in February in an effort to remove barriers for this population through new investments and opportunities to engage.

“We are heartbroken about the tragic loss of life and are committed to working with the Pine Ridge community as it heals. These funds will help Pine Ridge School’s continued efforts to restore the learning environment in the face of these great tragedies,” said William Mendoza, director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, in Wednesday's press release. “This Administration is committed to supporting tribes in their work to meet the needs of their students. We all must do more to address the challenges across Indian Country.”

John Yellow Bird Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, declared a state of emergency on the reservation in response to the youth suicides in February.

More: Native American School Mourning 4 Student Suicides Gets Emergency Federal Aid

Poverty and suicide are common among Native Americans. They aren't all rich Injuns with casinos.

Very sad.

Why is it sad? Evolution strains out the backward the retarded and the idiots. It's natures way of cleaning the gene pool.

You know--or probably you don't because you are obviously very intellectually limited--those who are lacking in sensibility and self esteem are those who are the biggest bullies: which means that's you buddy.

The social problems of the Native Americans are complex and something that goes back to the conquering of this country by European settlers, invaders actually. Just because you are where you are does not mean it has anything to do with you as an individual human being being superior to anyone: it's very clear you are not. If you had a brain of any worth, you would be able to put this situation in perspective and with other intelligent and perceptive people, try to think of a solution to the problem.

But, indeed and truly, you are a knuckle dragger and incapable of seeing anything past your big fat nose. The pathetic one, the one on the way out as far as evolution is concernedd is you. Yep. The Native Americans are evolving and will evolve, though it is tough, but they are in the process. You have had every opportunity to be a better person, but you are nowhere near being one.

You are the one who is "backward ... retarded and [an] idiot."

It's genetics okay? They are going the way of the Dodo bird for a reason. Let them go peacefully.

you're mentally ill

And soulless

 

[Statistikhengst]

In short...we took their paradise away with empty promises then relented and threw them into the worst squalor of the ghetto.

That's what liberals has done to the blacks also. Shame on liberals.

"liberals has done"

An English course could work wonders for you.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

 

[Statistikhengst]

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, is in a state of crisis. Over the past year, 14 school-age children on the reservation have killed themselves.

At the time of their suicides, four of those children were attending Pine Ridge School. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the Bureau of Indian Education school, which has some 800 K-12 students, has received $218,000 in emergency funds to help its students deal with that trauma.

The school requested the grant money through the Education Department’s Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence). With the funds, Pine Ridge will be able to hire an additional counselor and social worker for the next 12 months, better implement a Lakota-based healing program and bring in cultural teachers to provide monthly lessons on healing processes, according to information provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The 183 Bureau of Indian Education schools nationwide, which are overseen by the federal government, face a number of daunting challenges. Suicide rates among young Native Americans are disproportionately high, while high school graduation rates are disproportionately low. Many BIE school facilities are old and in poor condition.

Between August 2014 and April 2015, Pine Ridge School saw a "significant increase" in suicide attempts and counseling referrals, according to the Education Department. But currently, the school has only two counselors on staff, said Nedra Darling, a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior.

"During the end of the School Year 2014-2015 the mood was somewhat in a mourning state," Darling wrote HuffPost, adding that school personnel were spending "a great amount of time" providing mental health counseling to students and staff.

"However, as graduation approached the mood lifted and many believe it is time to move forward to teach these children to celebrate life," Darling wrote.

The Education Department touted the grant as part of the Obama administration's overall push to improve life for Native youth. The White House launched its Generation Indigenous initiative in February in an effort to remove barriers for this population through new investments and opportunities to engage.

“We are heartbroken about the tragic loss of life and are committed to working with the Pine Ridge community as it heals. These funds will help Pine Ridge School’s continued efforts to restore the learning environment in the face of these great tragedies,” said William Mendoza, director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, in Wednesday's press release. “This Administration is committed to supporting tribes in their work to meet the needs of their students. We all must do more to address the challenges across Indian Country.”

John Yellow Bird Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, declared a state of emergency on the reservation in response to the youth suicides in February.

More: Native American School Mourning 4 Student Suicides Gets Emergency Federal Aid

Poverty and suicide are common among Native Americans. They aren't all rich Injuns with casinos.

Very sad.

Why is it sad? Evolution strains out the backward the retarded and the idiots. It's natures way of cleaning the gene pool.

You know--or probably you don't because you are obviously very intellectually limited--those who are lacking in sensibility and self esteem are those who are the biggest bullies: which means that's you buddy.

The social problems of the Native Americans are complex and something that goes back to the conquering of this country by European settlers, invaders actually. Just because you are where you are does not mean it has anything to do with you as an individual human being being superior to anyone: it's very clear you are not. If you had a brain of any worth, you would be able to put this situation in perspective and with other intelligent and perceptive people, try to think of a solution to the problem.

But, indeed and truly, you are a knuckle dragger and incapable of seeing anything past your big fat nose. The pathetic one, the one on the way out as far as evolution is concernedd is you. Yep. The Native Americans are evolving and will evolve, though it is tough, but they are in the process. You have had every opportunity to be a better person, but you are nowhere near being one.

You are the one who is "backward ... retarded and [an] idiot."

It's genetics okay? They are going the way of the Dodo bird for a reason. Let them go peacefully.

you're mentally ill

Yes, he is. Something is terribly, terribly wrong with a person who writes that kind of putrid shit.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

 

[skookerasbil]

These places need faith in their lives.......that simple.

Geez you know these kids are fucked going out every weekend and dancing for the Rain Gods!!


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[jknowgood]

In short...we took their paradise away with empty promises then relented and threw them into the worst squalor of the ghetto.

That's what liberals has done to the blacks also. Shame on liberals.

"liberals has done"

An English course could work wonders for you.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

Doesn't stop the fact that liberals has destroyed the black family.

 

[Statistikhengst]

In short...we took their paradise away with empty promises then relented and threw them into the worst squalor of the ghetto.

That's what liberals has done to the blacks also. Shame on liberals.

"liberals has done"

An English course could work wonders for you.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

Doesn't stop the fact that liberals has destroyed the black family.

"liberals has destroyed"

An English course really would do you wonders.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

 

[jillian]

Very sad.

Why is it sad? Evolution strains out the backward the retarded and the idiots. It's natures way of cleaning the gene pool.

You know--or probably you don't because you are obviously very intellectually limited--those who are lacking in sensibility and self esteem are those who are the biggest bullies: which means that's you buddy.

The social problems of the Native Americans are complex and something that goes back to the conquering of this country by European settlers, invaders actually. Just because you are where you are does not mean it has anything to do with you as an individual human being being superior to anyone: it's very clear you are not. If you had a brain of any worth, you would be able to put this situation in perspective and with other intelligent and perceptive people, try to think of a solution to the problem.

But, indeed and truly, you are a knuckle dragger and incapable of seeing anything past your big fat nose. The pathetic one, the one on the way out as far as evolution is concernedd is you. Yep. The Native Americans are evolving and will evolve, though it is tough, but they are in the process. You have had every opportunity to be a better person, but you are nowhere near being one.

You are the one who is "backward ... retarded and [an] idiot."

It's genetics okay? They are going the way of the Dodo bird for a reason. Let them go peacefully.

you're mentally ill

And soulless

could be wabbit, could be

 

[jillian]

In short...we took their paradise away with empty promises then relented and threw them into the worst squalor of the ghetto.

That's what liberals has done to the blacks also. Shame on liberals.

"liberals has done"

An English course could work wonders for you.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

Doesn't stop the fact that liberals has destroyed the black family.

"liberals has destroyed"

An English course really would do you wonders.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

education is a liberal value.

Very sad.

Why is it sad? Evolution strains out the backward the retarded and the idiots. It's natures way of cleaning the gene pool.

You know--or probably you don't because you are obviously very intellectually limited--those who are lacking in sensibility and self esteem are those who are the biggest bullies: which means that's you buddy.

The social problems of the Native Americans are complex and something that goes back to the conquering of this country by European settlers, invaders actually. Just because you are where you are does not mean it has anything to do with you as an individual human being being superior to anyone: it's very clear you are not. If you had a brain of any worth, you would be able to put this situation in perspective and with other intelligent and perceptive people, try to think of a solution to the problem.

But, indeed and truly, you are a knuckle dragger and incapable of seeing anything past your big fat nose. The pathetic one, the one on the way out as far as evolution is concernedd is you. Yep. The Native Americans are evolving and will evolve, though it is tough, but they are in the process. You have had every opportunity to be a better person, but you are nowhere near being one.

You are the one who is "backward ... retarded and [an] idiot."

It's genetics okay? They are going the way of the Dodo bird for a reason. Let them go peacefully.

you're mentally ill

Yes, he is. Something is terribly, terribly wrong with a person who writes that kind of putrid shit.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

for sure

 

[jknowgood]

In short...we took their paradise away with empty promises then relented and threw them into the worst squalor of the ghetto.

That's what liberals has done to the blacks also. Shame on liberals.

"liberals has done"

An English course could work wonders for you.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

Doesn't stop the fact that liberals has destroyed the black family.

"liberals has destroyed"

An English course really would do you wonders.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

education is a liberal value.

Why is it sad? Evolution strains out the backward the retarded and the idiots. It's natures way of cleaning the gene pool.

You know--or probably you don't because you are obviously very intellectually limited--those who are lacking in sensibility and self esteem are those who are the biggest bullies: which means that's you buddy.

The social problems of the Native Americans are complex and something that goes back to the conquering of this country by European settlers, invaders actually. Just because you are where you are does not mean it has anything to do with you as an individual human being being superior to anyone: it's very clear you are not. If you had a brain of any worth, you would be able to put this situation in perspective and with other intelligent and perceptive people, try to think of a solution to the problem.

But, indeed and truly, you are a knuckle dragger and incapable of seeing anything past your big fat nose. The pathetic one, the one on the way out as far as evolution is concernedd is you. Yep. The Native Americans are evolving and will evolve, though it is tough, but they are in the process. You have had every opportunity to be a better person, but you are nowhere near being one.

You are the one who is "backward ... retarded and [an] idiot."

It's genetics okay? They are going the way of the Dodo bird for a reason. Let them go peacefully.

you're mentally ill

Yes, he is. Something is terribly, terribly wrong with a person who writes that kind of putrid shit.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

for sure

Not if you are a minority, then liberals don't care about education.

 

[jillian]

That's what liberals has done to the blacks also. Shame on liberals.

"liberals has done"

An English course could work wonders for you.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

Doesn't stop the fact that liberals has destroyed the black family.

"liberals has destroyed"

An English course really would do you wonders.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

education is a liberal value.

You know--or probably you don't because you are obviously very intellectually limited--those who are lacking in sensibility and self esteem are those who are the biggest bullies: which means that's you buddy.

The social problems of the Native Americans are complex and something that goes back to the conquering of this country by European settlers, invaders actually. Just because you are where you are does not mean it has anything to do with you as an individual human being being superior to anyone: it's very clear you are not. If you had a brain of any worth, you would be able to put this situation in perspective and with other intelligent and perceptive people, try to think of a solution to the problem.

But, indeed and truly, you are a knuckle dragger and incapable of seeing anything past your big fat nose. The pathetic one, the one on the way out as far as evolution is concernedd is you. Yep. The Native Americans are evolving and will evolve, though it is tough, but they are in the process. You have had every opportunity to be a better person, but you are nowhere near being one.

You are the one who is "backward ... retarded and [an] idiot."

It's genetics okay? They are going the way of the Dodo bird for a reason. Let them go peacefully.

you're mentally ill

Yes, he is. Something is terribly, terribly wrong with a person who writes that kind of putrid shit.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

for sure

Not if you are a minority, then liberals don't care about education.

you have that butt backwards. but if it makes you feel better about yourself.....

 

[jknowgood]

"liberals has done"

An English course could work wonders for you.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

Doesn't stop the fact that liberals has destroyed the black family.

"liberals has destroyed"

An English course really would do you wonders.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

education is a liberal value.

It's genetics okay? They are going the way of the Dodo bird for a reason. Let them go peacefully.

you're mentally ill

Yes, he is. Something is terribly, terribly wrong with a person who writes that kind of putrid shit.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

for sure

Not if you are a minority, then liberals don't care about education.

you have that butt backwards. but if it makes you feel better about yourself.....

When Obama became president he immediately cut funds to charter schools. Then had to stop his actions, because of the outrage from minorities. If he cared why did he attended to do it?

 

[Claudette]

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, is in a state of crisis. Over the past year, 14 school-age children on the reservation have killed themselves.

At the time of their suicides, four of those children were attending Pine Ridge School. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the Bureau of Indian Education school, which has some 800 K-12 students, has received $218,000 in emergency funds to help its students deal with that trauma.

The school requested the grant money through the Education Department’s Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence). With the funds, Pine Ridge will be able to hire an additional counselor and social worker for the next 12 months, better implement a Lakota-based healing program and bring in cultural teachers to provide monthly lessons on healing processes, according to information provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The 183 Bureau of Indian Education schools nationwide, which are overseen by the federal government, face a number of daunting challenges. Suicide rates among young Native Americans are disproportionately high, while high school graduation rates are disproportionately low. Many BIE school facilities are old and in poor condition.

Between August 2014 and April 2015, Pine Ridge School saw a "significant increase" in suicide attempts and counseling referrals, according to the Education Department. But currently, the school has only two counselors on staff, said Nedra Darling, a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior.

"During the end of the School Year 2014-2015 the mood was somewhat in a mourning state," Darling wrote HuffPost, adding that school personnel were spending "a great amount of time" providing mental health counseling to students and staff.

"However, as graduation approached the mood lifted and many believe it is time to move forward to teach these children to celebrate life," Darling wrote.

The Education Department touted the grant as part of the Obama administration's overall push to improve life for Native youth. The White House launched its Generation Indigenous initiative in February in an effort to remove barriers for this population through new investments and opportunities to engage.

“We are heartbroken about the tragic loss of life and are committed to working with the Pine Ridge community as it heals. These funds will help Pine Ridge School’s continued efforts to restore the learning environment in the face of these great tragedies,” said William Mendoza, director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, in Wednesday's press release. “This Administration is committed to supporting tribes in their work to meet the needs of their students. We all must do more to address the challenges across Indian Country.”

John Yellow Bird Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, declared a state of emergency on the reservation in response to the youth suicides in February.

More: Native American School Mourning 4 Student Suicides Gets Emergency Federal Aid

Poverty and suicide are common among Native Americans. They aren't all rich Injuns with casinos.

The reservation is its own country. They have control over who comes and goes. They even have they're own police force

Seems to me the Sioux should be able to handle they're own problems with out outside help.

 

[Lakhota]

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, is in a state of crisis. Over the past year, 14 school-age children on the reservation have killed themselves.

At the time of their suicides, four of those children were attending Pine Ridge School. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the Bureau of Indian Education school, which has some 800 K-12 students, has received $218,000 in emergency funds to help its students deal with that trauma.

The school requested the grant money through the Education Department’s Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence). With the funds, Pine Ridge will be able to hire an additional counselor and social worker for the next 12 months, better implement a Lakota-based healing program and bring in cultural teachers to provide monthly lessons on healing processes, according to information provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The 183 Bureau of Indian Education schools nationwide, which are overseen by the federal government, face a number of daunting challenges. Suicide rates among young Native Americans are disproportionately high, while high school graduation rates are disproportionately low. Many BIE school facilities are old and in poor condition.

Between August 2014 and April 2015, Pine Ridge School saw a "significant increase" in suicide attempts and counseling referrals, according to the Education Department. But currently, the school has only two counselors on staff, said Nedra Darling, a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior.

"During the end of the School Year 2014-2015 the mood was somewhat in a mourning state," Darling wrote HuffPost, adding that school personnel were spending "a great amount of time" providing mental health counseling to students and staff.

"However, as graduation approached the mood lifted and many believe it is time to move forward to teach these children to celebrate life," Darling wrote.

The Education Department touted the grant as part of the Obama administration's overall push to improve life for Native youth. The White House launched its Generation Indigenous initiative in February in an effort to remove barriers for this population through new investments and opportunities to engage.

“We are heartbroken about the tragic loss of life and are committed to working with the Pine Ridge community as it heals. These funds will help Pine Ridge School’s continued efforts to restore the learning environment in the face of these great tragedies,” said William Mendoza, director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, in Wednesday's press release. “This Administration is committed to supporting tribes in their work to meet the needs of their students. We all must do more to address the challenges across Indian Country.”

John Yellow Bird Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, declared a state of emergency on the reservation in response to the youth suicides in February.

More: Native American School Mourning 4 Student Suicides Gets Emergency Federal Aid

Poverty and suicide are common among Native Americans. They aren't all rich Injuns with casinos.

The reservation is its own country. They have control over who comes and goes. They even have they're own police force

Seems to me the Sioux should be able to handle they're own problems with out outside help.

Your reasoning is as flawed as your spelling.

 

[jillian]

Doesn't stop the fact that liberals has destroyed the black family.

"liberals has destroyed"

An English course really would do you wonders.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

education is a liberal value.

you're mentally ill

Yes, he is. Something is terribly, terribly wrong with a person who writes that kind of putrid shit.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

for sure

Not if you are a minority, then liberals don't care about education.

you have that butt backwards. but if it makes you feel better about yourself.....

When Obama became president he immediately cut funds to charter schools. Then had to stop his actions, because of the outrage from minorities. If he cared why did he attended to do it?

that would be president obama to you.

i'm not a fan of charter schools. they suck money out of the public education system.

but they also took money away from regular schools, not just charter schools. that's what happens when the prior guy runs two wars on our credit card while cutting taxes during wartime -- first time that was done by any leader in recorded history.

now what were you saying?

 

[jknowgood]

"liberals has destroyed"

An English course really would do you wonders.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

education is a liberal value.

Yes, he is. Something is terribly, terribly wrong with a person who writes that kind of putrid shit.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9515 mit Tapatalk

for sure

Not if you are a minority, then liberals don't care about education.

you have that butt backwards. but if it makes you feel better about yourself.....

When Obama became president he immediately cut funds to charter schools. Then had to stop his actions, because of the outrage from minorities. If he cared why did he attended to do it?

that would be president obama to you.

i'm not a fan of charter schools. they suck money out of the public education system.

but they also took money away from regular schools, not just charter schools. that's what happens when the prior guy runs two wars on our credit card while cutting taxes during wartime -- first time that was done by any leader in recorded history.

now what were you saying?

Obama doesn't deserve the opportunity to wash my underwear. Charter schools work, and they take money out of a failing school system. A win, win.