I was thinking about Pine Ridge last night. Maybe they have a lot of alcohol consumption which is the cause of their poverty instead of alot of poverty which is the cause of their alcohol consumption.
Maybe the disease of alcoholism is so pervasive among the population in Pine Ridge and the tribe and BIA won't do what is needed to effect change. The status quo continues. The govermental welfare state continues on its merry way. Generations of warriors lost on a million acres of despair.
Retired CEO of CHIPPEWA PARTNERS, Native American Advisors, Inc., now CEO of the Parisian Family Office. A White Earth Chippewa, Dean helped Native Americans for decades. Raised conservative, began Wall Street career in 1982, met game changer William O'Neil in 1984. In a world on a dopamine, hypomanic binge, this is his take on financial chicanery, political crime and life well lived at their Ghost Ranch in MT or Pamelot, the Parisian's TN farm.
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