i am the chairman of the mandan, hidatsa, and arikara nation, also known as the three affiliated tribesserve the best i can, it is an honour to be that, but it is also very difficult. it's very demanding and it is very stressful. one of the biggest reasons why social ills exist in indian country is because the answer has always been economic. but when the united states came in for their own purposes of flood control, recreation and hydropower, flood us out with their dams and destroy our backbone, that's where you begin to see the social ills begin to immensely take off, in the '50s, '60s, '70s, each decade getting worse and worse. 85% of all our crimes committed are alcohol or drug—related. 85%. the reality of the situation is we have to stop being a market. we never had a dea before, created a drug enforcement agency, drug treatment programme, getting people off of drugs, and we try to save lives by building what we're doing now, not ten years from now, not 20 years from now — now. this is good road recovery. they originally built it because we were sending a lot of people out for tre

i am the chairman of the mandan, hidatsa, and arikara nation, also known as the three affiliated tribeswhen i serve the best i can, it is an honour to be that, but it is also very difficult. it's very demanding and it is very stressful. one of the biggest reasons why social ills exist in indian country is because the answer has always been economic. but when the united states came in for their own purposes of flood control, recreation and hydropower, flood us out with their dams and destroy our backbone, that's where you begin to see the social ills begin to immensely take off, in the '50s, '60s, '70s, each decade getting worse and worse. 85% of all our crimes committed are alcohol or drug—related. 85%. the reality of the situation is we have to stop being a market. we never had a dea before, created a drug enforcement agency, drug treatment programme, getting people off of drugs, and we try to save lives by building what we're doing now, not ten years from now, not 20 years from now — now. this is good road recovery. they originally built it because we were sending a lot of people out

i am the chairman of the mandan, hidatsa, and arikara nation, also known as the three affiliated tribes serve the best i can, it is an honour to be that, but it is also very difficult. it's very demanding and it is very stressful. one of the biggest reasons why social ills exist in indian country is because the answer has always been economic. but when the united states came in for their own purposes of flood control, recreation and hydropower, flood us out with their dams and destroy our backbone, that's where you begin to see the social ills begin to immensely take off, in the '505, '605, 705, each decade getting worse and worse. 85% of all our crimes committed are alcohol or drug—related. 85%. the reality of the situation is we have to stop being a market. we never had a dea before, created a drug enforcement agency, drug treatment programme, getting people off of drugs, and we try to save lives by building what we're doing now, not ten years from now, not 20 years from now — now. this is good road recovery. they originally built it because we were sending a lot of people out for tre

nation. i am arikara, i am also the executive director of recovery services for mha. hi, how are you?t over to the male cottage before he gets over there. i had a warrant for the 24—7 programme because i had two duis here. they arrested me and they took me to burleigh county. 0k, my room, my bed. i don't know how long i'm going to be here. it might be two months, three months, four months, i don't know. my addiction started when i was 13, 1a, around then. started with me stealing cigarettes, drinking a beer every once in awhile. then i started smoking more weed, and drinking obviously became heavier and heavier. ifell into pills when i was about 16. i loved the way pills made me feel, made me feel confident, made me feel like, yeah, i was confident, able to talk to chicks, you know? my mom and dad would let me drink with them, as long as i would bust the guitar out, even on school nights. and then being recognised, and having my ego stroked, as a little misunderstood, broken little kid, felt good to me, you know what i mean? when everyone around you is using, and has this life, it bec