Poll: 69% of Native Americans say inflation is severely affecting their lives
A new poll finds that more than two-thirds of Native Americans say inflation is causing them to have trouble making ends meet. Higher food and gas prices compound their already precarious situation.
by Katia Riddle
Aug 20, 2022
3 minutes
During a hot, hazy morning on Oregon's Warm Springs Indian Reservation, resident Jake Billy leans on his car and tells a story. Once a long time ago there was someone special in his life.
"I almost married that girl," he says. "It was very close. It was iffy."
Things didn't work out. But Billy stayed in touch with his ex and her family. When his ex girlfriend's sister died recently, he wanted to go to
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