Why did character Ben Running Elk Raven not go home to the reservation to join tribal police and be a cop at home and instead chose Wilmington, NC? His grandfather Standing Bear did not want him to come back because of the extreme challenges of the rez. 60% of Natives live off of the reservations nowadays because the reservations are so bad.
This is hard video for the heart. However, it shows what it's really like on the rez regarding law enforcement. Since the reservations are considered protectorates and not actually part of the United States and therefore go under the federal government -- rez level, fed level, no in between -- things are dismal.
When watching, I did jump over the first story a bit to reach the law enforcement issue.
Touch the Cloud was his name.
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