Gangs Are an Epidemic in Indian Country-But They Can Be Stopped

Call him D. When D was 7 years old, he says he was taught the correct way to “cook crack and bag up weed.” By the time he was 9, he was initiated into the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN), an American Indian gang on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation (LCOR) in Wisconsin. D says he wanted to follow in the footsteps of some of his family members, including several of his brothers and cousins. So he joined the ALKQN.

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