Letter: How to Stop Brain Drain on Indian Reservations
A doctor explains his decision to return to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation after medical school.
The Blackfeet Brain Drain
After leaving to pursue an education, Sterling HolyWhiteMountain wrote in November, some Native Americans find themselves stuck between a longing to help their community and the lack of viable employment back home. “All too often,” he observed, “success for reservation Indians means leaving your heart in your homeland.”
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