The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation located in South Dakota has seen a large increase in gang-related crime in recent years. There are at least 39 gangs on the reservation, with 5,000 young men from the Oglala Sioux tribe.
Poverty, unemployment, and alcoholism have made many young men join groups with names such as the Nomads, and Indian Mafia. In addition, federal grants to Pine Ridge declined in the last decade, cutting the tribal police force by more than half. The suicide rate for...
