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Unemployment on the reservation is about 80%, and 49% live below the Federal poverty level. Adolescent suicide is four times the national average. Many of the families have no electricity, telephone, running water, or sewer. The life expectancies for males is 47 years old and low 50's for women.
I have visited once and found them to be very happy and very smart with terrible conditions that need to be addressed quickly.
David, member of The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
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What the economy of the ridge and valley?
johnny told me to free the pine cones
Why are pine nuts so expensive?
Pignoli nuts are Italian and everything imported from there is more expensive.
Why has the price of pine nuts increased?
One factor in the price increase in many foods is the rising cost of fuel to transport the food.
What major social divisions segmented the white south?
The slaveholders and the non slaveholders.There's actually a class order for this question.Planters and PlantationsSmall SlaveholdersThe YeomenPeople of the Pine Barrens
What trees make paper?
Wood pulp-which produces paper-comes from softwood trees such as spruce, pine, fir, larch, and hemlock trees. Wood pulp also comes from hardwoods such as eucalyptus, aspen, and birch trees.
Where is the Pine Ridge reservation located?
The Pine Ridge Reservation is located in the United States in a state called Dakota near the Nebraskan border. Pine Ridge suffers from extreme poverty and overcrowding.
What is the population of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation?
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation's population is 28,700.
When was Pine Ridge Indian Reservation created?
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was created in 1889.
What is the area of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation?
The area of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is 8,984.306 square kilometers.
Where was the wounded knee at?
it was at the pine ridge reservation in south Dakota
Where did Red Cloud die?
He died and was buried in Pine Ridge Reservation.
How many miles from Pine Ridge Reservation to Albuquerque?
739 miles
What state was the battle of wounded knee in?
South Dakota on the pine ridge reservation
What is a pine ridge Indian reservation?
Bozho (hello)The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located in South Dakota, home of the Ogala Sioux that consists of a 3,468,86 square mile area that is home to 28,787 Sioux Indians.David, member of The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
What is it like for the Sioux today?
Pine Ridge Reservation in southwest South Dakota is home to fewer than 20,000 people. The reservation is roughly 2 million acres--about the size of Connecticut. But ancestors of Pine Ridge's inhabitants once hunted buffalo in an area that stretched from Montana to Wisconsin.
How far is the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from Downtown South Dakota?
There is no place named Downtown, South Dakota.
When did Black Elk die?
Black Elk died on August 17, 1950, in Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, USA.
