The Pine Ridge Reservation, in Shannon County South Dakota, is the poorest county in the United States: • Average population 40,000 people • 80% homeless - 50% under the age of 18 • Unemployment between 80-90% • 1/3 homes without electricity/water • Average die at age 45 • Infant mortality 20 times higher than national rate • Diabetes is 10 times higher • Five times the rate of cervical cancer • Twice the rate of Heart Disease • Four times the rate of TB • Teen suicide four times the national rate • 60% school drop out rate

The Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota is the sixth largest reservation in the country and is home to the people of the great chief Spotted Tail. • Unemployment of 94.81% out of labor force of 16,117 • Majority of households are single parent homes • 49.1% of all resident are under age 18 • 4th poorest county (Todd) in the United States • 93% of Lakota children live below poverty line • Less than 50% have access to transportation • Fewer than 33% have telephone • 1500 families in need of housing United States