NATIVE AMERICANS

CHILDREN

• 1 quarter of Indian children live in poverty.
• For ages from 15 to 24, suicide rates are more than double the national average.
• Native Americans have the highest rate of school drop out.
• Most girls have suffered sexual abuse.

ADULTS

• Lack of economic opportunity.
• They have to leave the reservation to seek work and survive.
• Overcrowding in Indian housing. The living conditions are comparable to Third World.
• Running water, telephones and electricity are luxuries.
• Drug abuse and alcoholism are the most well known health problems.

ELDERLY

• Grandparents take care of children when their parents are seeking for work.
• Pharmacies and doctor's offices are non-existent in some communities.
• American Indians are more likely to die from diabetes and tuberculosis than the rest of Americans.
• Native languages are dying.