American Indians suffer from the most serious health problems in the U.S. On reservations, American Indians have a life expectancy of 47 years. The tuberculosis rate for Natives is 533 percent higher than the national average; the accident mortality rate 425 higher; the infant mortality rate 81 percent higher; the sudden infant death syndrome rate 310 percent higher; the alcoholism rate 579 percent higher; the diabetes rate 249 percent higher; and the suicide rate 190 percent higher than the national average.

Andrea Smith, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (via missgreyday

This is what happens when you force people off of their lands, cut them off from the food that their bodies are acclimated to, force them to eat food that their bodies are definitely NOT capable of processing properly, expect them to acclimate immediately (so, there are the health problems), muzzle their culture and beliefs, and shove a heaping serving of “THE WESTERN WORLD IS RIGHT AND YOU ARE SO WRONG” down their throats. I have a lot of feels about this particular subject, and the need for people to embrace CULTURAL RELATIVITY! /soap box

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