There is one societal group in which I have invested much time to study and research that serves as a devastating example to the “Price of Progress” by John Bodley. They are a nation who have paid which their lives, many of their languages and with them, the complexities of their cultures. These people, are the Native Americans. Here, listed bellow, are eight out of the top 10 poorest counties in the United States. All are either on reservations or are demographically Native American in majority.
1) Buffalo County (Crow Creek Indian Rez)
2) Shannon County (Pine Ridge Rez)
3) Ziebach County (72% NA)
4) Todd County (Rosebudd Rez)
5) Sioux County (Standing Rock Rez)
6) Corson County (Standing Rock Rez)
7) Wade Hampton, AK (92% NA)
8) Apache County, AZ (Navajo Nation)
Buffalo County, of the Crow Creek Reservations rakes in $5,213 per capita income. These tribes/nations were once thriving, healthy people who roaming (primarily) nomadically across North America. These are the results after about 300 years of European settler contacts. Despite the initial goal of ethnically cleansing the Native American people, the main intention of the white conquerors was to bring Native Americans into white society to improve their way of life. Native Americans today suffer in health greatly from alcohol related problems and diabetes caused from bad diet on a low income foods. These health issues are detrimental to the continuation of their various cultures and histories because they serve as poverty-derived distractions. A common feature among many tribal, native or conquered peoples of the world.
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