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The Horrors of Housing on Indian Reservations |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / FEATURE |
| Author: Donna Borak |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2005 |
| Size: 931 Words, 5,837 Characters |
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Viola Kennison is no stranger to living in an overcrowded home under substandard conditions, without a job, and with no personal space. She's been living through it almost every day of her life.
The forty-four-year-old American Indian was born and raised in Walker River, Nevada, a desert surrounded by mountain ranges, home to one of the 562 federally recognized Indian reservations in the country. But in the midst of her "beautiful homeland," she has lived in a cramped one-thousand-square-foot, two-bedroom home with her five brothers and sisters, mother and father, a trailer...
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...tudy by the NAICH on the impact of overcrowding on Indian communities.
But as legislatures and advocacy groups lobby for more funding, American Indians are continuing their efforts to overcome substandard living conditions. "It's my home. Yes, it is my house. ... It's not what I wanted. But you do the best you can around here," said Viola Kennison.
© 2004 News World Communications Inc.
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