They’re The Poorest People in the Country!

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:02]The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, which is home of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, those are that's the tribe whose members were detained in Minneapolis, has a poverty rate estimated at 53% with some reports exceeding 80%.

[00:00:22]Per capita income on Pine Ridge is $8,768 a year.

[00:00:28]That's less than some people make on social security.

[00:00:32]Unemployment on Pine Ridge is as high as 89%.

[00:00:37]Life expectancy on Pine Ridge is 48 years for men and 52 for women, the lowest in the United States and it's lower than other developing countries, too.

[00:00:48]Uh 30% of households on the Navajo Nation lack running water. They have to haul water at costs 20 times higher than neighboring off-reservation communities.

[00:01:02]Food insecurity affects 28% of Native American households with children uh compared to 16% nationally.

[00:01:12]Native American unaliving rates is uh 72% higher than uh the national average.

[00:01:27]Tuberculosis affects Native Americans at 533% higher rates than general population.