yeah fucking yes. you already mentioned extreme and worsening epidemic of violence, murder and kidnapping against Native women
Non-Native men who assault or murder Native American women on reservations cannot be arrested or prosecuted by tribal authorities under a 1978 Supreme Court decision known as Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (Bleir & Zoledziowski, 2018).
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The alarming rates of abduction and murder of Native women represent one of the most devastating issues facing Tribal communities. On some reservations, Native women face murder rates more than ten times the national average.
and violence against Native people just in general
In 2023, homicide rates among American Indian and
Alaska Native people were nearly five times higher
than homicide rates for non-Hispanic White people.1
A disproportionate number of American Indian and
Alaska Native people are murdered or go missing, and
multiple organizations specifically address the issue of
missing and murdered Indigenous people.
But also, the fact that half of Native households on reservations lack clean drinking water or adequate sanitation
Lack of access to clean drinking water is a significant barrier for many Native American communities. According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Native American households are 19 times more likely than white households to lack indoor plumbing.
And many also don't have electricity
According to the World Bank's "Access to Electricity" index, 100% of the U.S. population has electricity. The federal government's own data tells a different story. The Department of Energy's "Tribal Energy Access" study found that Tribal households nationwide face an energy burden 28% above average, and an estimated 17,000 Tribal homes have no electricity at all — affecting at least 54,000 people. That's a small fraction of the total U.S. population, but a significant one.
Utilities weigh the cost of delivering power against expected revenue, and for remote areas — including many reservations — the math often discourages investment. As a result, families can wait years, even decades, for a grid connection. NPR reports that some Native American families on vast reservations like the Navajo Nation face exactly that kind of wait, driven by connection costs averaging $40,000 per home, sparse populations, and decades of underinvestment.