The quiet crisis: mass eviction shows toll of homelessness on Native Americans
“Several tribal members estimated that anywhere from 350 to 500 members of the Yakama Nation, a sovereign tribe in Washington state with a vast and beautiful reservation, were displaced from 60 tribal-owned residences last spring. Some fell behind on rent, others failed drug tests or had overcrowded homes; as many as 18 people lived in one three-bedroom house, according to reports in a local paper. Many of those evicted had nowhere else to go. While cities such as Los Angeles, Seattle and New York regularly garner headlines over the number of people living on their streets, the ongoing housing emergency on tribal lands has been harder to discern.”