CNN, February 13, 2017: American Indians struggle to survive winter in South Dakota

“Heating is not the only issue families struggle with on Pine Ridge. Officials with One Spirit say 90 percent of Lakota residents live below the federal poverty level and can’t afford healthy food. Health problems like diabetes, heart disease, and malnutrition pose a significant threat. So One Spirit has also established a food program. Just as the group distributes firewood in keeping with the indigenous people’s primary source of heat (the wood stove), the food program also aims to create solutions that mesh with the Lakota community’s history and heritage.”