05/13/2023
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"This is a serious problem, as a large number of our people live with 10 or 12 persons in a home that was sized to accommodate only 3 or 4."
"I would like to thank Senator Tim Johnson for his leadership in bringing this hearing to South Dakota."
"While nationwide it is viewed as a crisis when unemployment nears 9 or 10 percent, at Standing Rock we have long-term unemployment, year after year, in excess of 50 percent."
"Poverty on our reservation remains widespread, with 4 in every 10 homes on the reservation earning less than 30 percent of Median Family income for the area."