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On the way to a home visit this week, JP and I talked about the STD crisis in the community and how children – as young as elementary – are beginning to engage in risky behaviors that expose them to STDs at a pre-puberty age.
Do you know where your next meal is coming from? There are many on the res that are burdened by this question on a daily basis. The stress of food insecurity is a driving force for diabetes, chronic illness and malnutrition, which is an obvious plight for the Blackfeet community.
At 7:45am Monday, I went to IHS expecting to find a quiet lobby and enough time to track down the coffee machine. Instead, I was greeted by about 30 patrons crowding around the entrance to the primary care clinic, waiting to get one of the six walk in appointments offered that day. Thirty patients – all with needs – and only 6 were able to score a spot.
If high school history did not completely fail us, we should know Natives were forced from their homes and sent to boarding schools in the mid 1800s - 1900s with the goal of forced assimilation.
People is what matters most. Though the res may be rough around the edges to an outsider, the heart of the people is very much alive. Indian Reservation (aka “the res”).
What’s the first thought that comes to mind when you hear someone use these two words? Perhaps the only reference points we can think of are tipis, broken down cars, dilapidated homes seen on TV, or the firework stands around the fourth of July inevitably named “ill-eagle fireworks.” |
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