The descendants of Crazy Horse are hurting. I realized this during a visit to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, home of the Oglala (Sioux) tribe.
Most adults there suffer from alcoholism. The housing is the worst I've seen during my travels around the United States.
During the 1800's, the Oglala's must have hunted buffalo on the grassland depicted in the photo. Now they kick back liquor and trash the prairie with bottles.
Not everyone there has succumbed to demon rum. Some activists are trying to make things better.
Perhaps the solution for the woes of Pine Ridge can be found in the words of Crazy Horse: "A very great vision is needed, and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky."
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