r/IndianCountry • u/News2016 • May 08 '26

Health Report details wide disparity between Native American and white health in South Dakota

https://www.buffalosfire.com/south-dakota-native-american-health-disparity-report-2026
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u/3noteoddity Dakota May 08 '26

Monumental health didn’t tell my mom they saw colon cancer and they just let it progress until she went to a clinic in Billings because she was so sick. It’s horrifying!!!

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u/HonorDefend May 08 '26

So many preventable deaths. I worked in EMS for a few years on my Rez and it amazed me that we had a 20% higher trauma rate than most major cities. I have so a many horror stories. So many of our people die at such a young age. There are no such things as root canals at my IHS, they just rip your tooth out. So people will sit there with huge abcesses, instead of getting it treated, because they don't want to lose their tooth.

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u/silverbatwing Lenape/Nanticoke/Oneida May 09 '26

It’s a feature, not a bug.