Melhorn - US History I

2006 Native American Poverty separated by age and in comparison with other Minority Groups

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/nativetrends/ind_1_6.asp

Poverty Rates based upon Age and Family Type, with figures coming from 1989, 1999, and 2003

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/nativetrends/ind_1_6.asp

Sioux Suicide Links

Suicide, Depression, and Poverty of the Sioux Article from 2008

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/337439.aspx

Suicide and Poverty statistics at bottom of this page reporting Sioux Sovereignty

http://tnimc.blogspot.com/2007/12/ladkota-sioux-withdraw-from-us-treaties.html

New York Times article from 2007 upon Suicide issues of the Sioux

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/us/09suicide.html?_r=1

Suicide Issue in the Rosebud Tribe in 2006-2007

http://www.indianz.com/News/2007/001859.asp

Rape and Sexual Assault Links

Current Injustice faced by Sioux regarding the national government with lack of prosecutions of rapists that raped Native Americans

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/070/2007/en/532af3bb-d39e-11dd-a329-2f46302a8cc6/amr510702007en.html

Rape Article Outlining # of Cases reported in Sioux City, South Dakota, along with the low number of arrests for Rape http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/article_65296738-4b81-5609-b256-93900a59e9b9.html

Rape Article of why cases go uninvestigated on National Public Radio Site

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12203114

Website featuring present day discussion of assistance of the Sioux/Lakotah http://www.republicoflakotah.com/?p=439

Sources tackling multiple Sioux Issues

20/20 Special upon Sioux Alcoholism and Drop-out Rates- look for the videos on the left side of the page

http://abcnews.go.com/US/organizations-seek-donations-improve-life-pine-ridge/story?id=14729358

Statistics from the 20/20 show about Sioux alcoholism and drop-out rates

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/lakota-sioux-girl-stands-against-the-wind/

Video and a variety of statistics upon Alcoholism, Poverty, and Suicide involving the Sioux, video entitled Dreamcatchers No More

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/165736.html

2010 statistics offered on the Poverty, Suicide and Unemployment rates of the Sioux

http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2011/04/04/no-obama-hope-for-native-americans/

Various Statistics upon Unemployment, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Heath Problems of the Sioux from 2007 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota

http://www.re-member.org/pine_ridge_reservation.aspx

Statistics on the Sioux and what one college professor is doing to try to help the Sioux

http://www.lakeforest.edu/live/news/1249-professor-and-students-help-lakota-sioux-indians

Historical Background links on the Sioux, for your further understanding

Article written in 1918 featuring Sioux history and Chief Red Cloud http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?action=read&artid=264

The Hanging of Dakota Sioux in 1862

http://donpalabraz.com/category/criminal-injustice/

History of the Lakotah Sioux and the injustices felt by the Indian Nation over time http://www.republicoflakotah.com/?p=1156

Land Stolen from the Sioux http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps.html

Basic explanation of the Massacre at Wounded Knee against the Sioux

http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/wounded-knee

First Hand Remembrances of Wounded Knee http://siouxme.com/massacre.html

1973 Discussion of Broken Treaty Papers between the U.S. Government and the Sioux

http://www.maquah.net/Historical/1972/73-01-04.html

Issues with the Sioux Treaty leading to further Sioux deaths at the hands of the United States Government http://siouxme.com/siege.html