Yeap, you don't want to visit that part of NE, SD. The virus is not what makes this area bad.In a 2005 interview, Cecilia Fire Thunder, the first female president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, noted, "[Sixty-eight] percent of the college graduates on the reservation are women. Seventy percent of the jobs are held by women. Over 90 percent of the jobs in our schools are held by women."[59]
- As of 2011, population estimates of the reservation range from 28,000 to 40,000. Numerous enrolled members of the tribe live off the reservation.[60]
- 80% of residents are unemployed;
- 98% of the residents live below the Federal poverty level[citation needed]
- Average per capita income in Oglala Lakota County is $4,000;
- The infant mortality rate is five times higher than the national average;
- Native American amputation rates due to diabetes are three to four times higher than the national average;
- Death rate due to diabetes is three times higher than the national average;
- Teen suicide is four times the national average; and
- Life expectancy in 2007 was estimated to be 48 for males and 52 for females.[61]
Jesus Christ. Yeah, gonna go out on a limb and say this area was bad well before CV.