But action their plant to graduate school with his. Father. Ims first met her when i would put that was in your system that i thought was enrages i have written a book called fall of the of fantasy so we had could find debating the entire set of questions. I am very confident that i wonder she acquitted herself very well. But the most recent list of us dont know the utterly shameful condition of the indian reservations and in the shameful treatment that native americans received from the federal government. Naomi has coined the new trail of tears san you will see why that is such a fitting title. And why the story she has to tallis the allimportant. [applause] but his this aid depressing topic so i will begin. And of the above the reservation that makes up the second poorest county in the United States in 2013 the five Police Officers assigned to patrol the area receives 16200500 calls for Emergency Assistance program want to take a moment to do the math. As of 2009 there were 39 innings on the reservation involving more than 5,000 young men the average Life Expectancy is 48 pine ridge but others are not much better prepare france have the highest rate of poverty and High School Graduation around 50 percent and has actually fallen. Suicide is the leading cause of death out of all use disorders warbling to any other racial group and gain activity is more prevalent even more than africanamericans. Win in raped june halftimes the National Average in child abuse is twice as high as the National Average. One eyed of every four girls and six forays is molested before the age of 18. A couple of years ago i a visited indian territory wounded knee receive 600,000 in turnaround from the federal government freshly painted they installed a computer room and monday machines of parents could have the incentive to meet with teachers but the principle offered to help us second grade students with to the problems she gave him incorrect answers to both of them. Recently the fact entire staff was fired and rehired only those who came from teach for america despite some have math degrees some felt if they were not the right fit brothers said the gse people were to white per kubota must be said to us to keep children safe prom most of the problems are not serious enough to offer a response one of the kent a month she assured reebok is not punishment all those the of piquant been is billed as the in Richmond Steven to call an end tells me it is time with those government checks this is when the parents are more likely to drink. The rhythm of life in the over 1 million american conditions is surprisingly dependent on the federal government. Just to know how much it depends on public funds like at the effect of the shut them on the reservation 364 crewmembers and the bus service the only way some could even travel across their reservation a Home Health Care aid was suspended with copper archrival Northern California rely solely on federal financing for Atlas Obscura employee rate of 80 from the road this recently another rollback to say you must mean that the employee rate is 91 negative 80 is said miller an employer rate. With the Financial Assistance to other members and financing the tribes so dependent on the federal government but of Economic Activity in the members will have access to clean drinking water. One big question is how old do we get there . They were way to get the indians out with those undesirable plots of land. But today and assuring nobody can take anything away from them. One was only for the mentally incompetent the goal was to keep them contained but the effect bin is the same indians cannot on reservation land because the property is held in trust by the federal government. One of bank cadaver for close because the bank cannot foreclose on the government land. Been more and more families crowd into small trailer homes. Visited by a Tribal College talking about the possibility of expansion to say i look out the window b2s say they can never get a loan to build on that. One and that is the way in your city as in montana but for more than onequarter of smallbusiness owners use homeequity loans to start up the business or finance existing one but they do not have access to that capital dont own their land or their homes and they cannot use that as equity. Babylon suffered from what is called then capital they have land on paper but they cannot put it to use to sell or buy more or borrow against it. Indian reservations may have been thought to be slow to 650 of the uranium reserve the resources for wirth 1. 5 trillion. And those with energy or mineral spend in order qualified after fallaway 49 step process that involve the blm to permit the interior, justice and Commerce Department and it could take months or years reached up to be approved just to dig a hole is 65 under dollar up front permit just to draw law or off the reservation is 125 the bureaucracy is mind boggling for to have a total of when thousand employees one employee for every 111 on the reservation and they need to find something to do one man was trying to purchase a few acres of land from his neighbor weber may agree to revise federal representative said the price the agreed upon was not fair market value per haul in the real world fair market volume is what you would pay but not in the bureau of indian affairs. Bin recently commissioned an appraisal of the land and told the appraiser to overvalue the land so not to screw the indians with that is what happened but what about the casino can they make enough money to get their way out of poverty . Most casinos isnt an isolated communities steven successful does not have prosperity you would expect the senate does have made over a billion dollars the profits are urd distributed in the form of annuities to other tribe members. The annuities have the entitlement attitude and that is a doubtful they enable people not to work me. Not available a month to nonindians not have increased competition now they have lower noninterest wounds to anyone who was to try to start another business but there are no takers. The Small BusinessIncubator Program actually finds out he tells people there are too many pizza places and recommends Outdoor Recreation and landscaping or professional massage he dont have to go to beijing to see Central Planning network yellow kid is bleak the have no Real Property or access to capital little ability to have other on the incentive to work begin their regulatory advantages as a tobacco for the then marijuana but the dozen help them because they are collectively owned by the trier file and the profits of its from afar rifling more money is not the answer washington spends 20 billion per year for but perhaps the last place in the country to see a doctor for spending 20 ellison dollars per pupil according to the National Average of 12,000 fire and her to reveal to of the roof is caving in and prevent going through 33 directors in an flu at end of sensitivity is not fight after launching a National Campaign to get the redskins seem to post dennis survey that nine out of 10 could not care less which is an uprising that your committee is facing an academic month negative epidemic of suicide is an official mascot at the top of your list . And the tragedy of policies demands immediate examination to be hit harder and more dangerous with a microcosm of everything that has gone wrong with decades of politicians in democrats instead of what day cellini the autonomy and education to improve their own situation they must be able to avail themselves of the freedom that the country guarantees. And the anger that comes from knowing what is controlled from the island formed a bureaucracy. The states that have the largest indian population have no charter laws they have no alternative because no one is allowed to offer one. We could scale back for regulation in washington allowing resources without everything going to the bureau of indian affairs. But ultimately is hard to undo half of number of tribes in canada are pushing legislation bobby called the Property Ownership backed to create a Legal Framework for to Access Capital through secured Property Rights they c. Beazer plan that is similar to our reservations beautiful land is sold it is part of the city park of individuals could buy and sell among themselves without the permission or the oversight of officials is allow for a travel freemarket. The first nation could do so without taking permission from the National Government if it wants to sell they could select am planning to use for themselves and in their family. Also they could borrow against it to start a business or build a home the only solution i see is divided to give it to the family i dont need no government taking care of me he said this kind of freedom is why the pilgrims left europe. [applause] spin like interviewing bia officials and . I did not because most of research was underground at the reservation but the bia is 75 and native americans drink a lot of people think is a white perch are less bureaucracy imposing its will but they see their job bias last best hope to protect the rights of American Indians. There is a much different with the bia but talking to people on the ground the way the regulations interfere with their day to day life results are much different. I am curious to know from other urban is societys and water the differences clacks what are those advantages . One question i get of what is why dont they leave . There are several reasons behind that because naturally we grow up in a place for ms. Maurer of the case of the extreme isolation to fly to rapid city south dakota then drive 100 miles gps does not work yourself alone might not work. This is what i know because they do lot of research on the innercity in the urban setting chances are if your child uc people in the middleclass get on the subway to go to jobs nobody in your immediate family may not have employment or does not struggle with drug or alcohol use or a high school of education. This is the aspect of life that seems normal to middleclass americans but is life on another planet to this community. In terms of the advantages, its not that they would immediately save move to rapid city and have money but if you had the wherewithal to leave the reservation you would still come at it with the inferior education as youre trying to get yourself into the workforce and obviously there are more opportunities for employment but even not be qualified because of the disadvantages you had up until that point. Many americans dont realize they are american citizens. The is fundamentally talk to audiences i think some of the talk theyve hereabout tribal sovereignty has impact on the ideas they think are you a citizen of another country or part of the United States . The are some lessons so they should have all these rights but in fact, the book gets into the questions what the actual rights are that they are denied. Freedom of the press is severely restricted. If the tribe does not like with a local newspaper has written about a tribal law that was passed, they could ban the newspaper. With the Supreme Court case this year about the rights of people in tribal court with a question if you or granted due process. The association for defense lawyers has written several letters complaining people who have been accused of cases have not been granted a lawyer or a speech trial has what we take for granted in the indian territory me be denied. The biggest question about the rights is the indian child will fare act that gives the child a say in the custodial battles in case of divorce in the indian woman gets pregnant to give her child up for adoption, the tribe can say if you are a child with a drop of indian blood the tribe can say note we do think you should be raised by a white family mother member or a mother should give up the child for adoption so these decisions are made differently for indian children than any other race. Cases are not decided in the best interest of the child which is the standard for any of their case but the best interest of the tribe zero aside from the economic crisis and freedoms those other rights american citizens have that American Indians to not. Have you noticed officials from bia have not lived resided on a reservation when they go back to find out how theyre polis these play out verses the looms that remaindered try to be involved . Have not studied that bet there are officials who certainly have contact with those on the reservation or live on the reservation. Aside from the answer house of policies and regulations are promulgated is a question about money and what you hear from file of i prefer for underfunded if there is only in the third Branch Program or allocation for houses will schools then we can fix all of this. Increasingly unheard as a talk to the indians that they had heard in this somewhat and the always felt the next program was the one that would save them and they had become quite cynical because the risk corruption hot in limbo where promised or it did the did not spur that Economic Growth or educational quality of what was promised in an overall the ems will older lines were played out. As we have children in Public Schools better talk about native americans today have a perception like teach for america that there is a weakness that they would not be welcome . Is there perception were not a Multicultural Society . Many reservations are multicultural themselves plenty of intermarriage it is rare to find somebody who does not have mixed bled it certainly is not uncommon at all think they believe there is that white universe but certainly the message that they get from their tribal leaders is one of victimization that the problems that we experience here could be blamed on prejudice and outside of our control. And these policies are outside of our control. End to is the audience for the book he wanted good to washington to change the policy want to give them more autonomy but the point when to give them more freedom to help them see themselves less as victims. Cost