Media blurs reality of reservation

Well, it’s happening again on the Pine Ridge Reservation. At least four Lakota youth so far this year; another 17 in 2014. And that’s just those I’m personally aware of.

I could list annual double-digit numbers for the nearly two decades I’ve been covering the homeland of the Oglala.

I’m speaking, of course, about “P.A.A.C’s” — Personal Achievements And Coups. Whether in education, the creative arts, or a host of other areas, emails about one after another regional and national achievements by Lakota youth hit my in-box on a regular basis. So many, in fact, that I’m actually unable to cover them all.

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