Friday, March 2, 2012

We Agree that Education is Key

We couldn't help but notice this rebuttal to the New York Times' piece on the Wind River Reservation. Eastern Shoshone member Larry McAdams discusses some of the real problems with crime on the Wind River Reservation and says,
I am not denying the fact that we have drug addiction, violence and alcoholism on this Reservation. What can be done to counteract these problems? I believe that education is the key to begin solving our problems, and that our leaders must set high standards by example. Our Tribal people, both the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, have to do more to promote education. In this endeavor, we need strong leadership from our elected officials. Our Tribal leaders were elected to lead; we expect them to do what they were elected to do. Lead a “surge” to educate our people!

We couldn't have said it better ourselves!