Historical Trauma: a scene from the film “Behind the Door of a Secret Girl”
directed by Janessa Starkey and Jack Kohler
40% of Native Americans live below the poverty line.
39% have some form of a disability.
Native children have 2.5 times greater risk of experiencing a trauma, and 30% have some form of depression
while 10% have PTSD.
The suicide rate is 3 times higher for Native Americans.
Native American Women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than women in the U.S. in general.
Native Americans are 2.2 times more likely to have diagnosed diabetes.
Reblogged from A Daily Riot.
