Contamination
Contamination of water leading to illness
Wilmer Stampead Mesteth is a tribal college instructor specializing in traditional plants, philosophy, culture and language. He is Ogala Lakota Sioux of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He notes that a reverence for the land is difficult now, because much of the ground water on the reservation is contaminated.
Oglala Lakota
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Great Plains
Contamination of water leading to illness