Summer of Hope 2017 - Reservation Report #1
Roaring River is a reservation with some of the most tragic history in all of Native America. Their story of death and injustice is all too familiar. But it's the tragedy of today that is destroying a generation of this storied people.
Every person I've asked here about the young people has answered with the same ominous word. "Drugs."
June 1, all tribal members got a "per capita" check. By the end of June, 86 Roaring River young people had overdosed on heroin. Fifteen died.