Two articles I posted in the Native American forum you might want to check out

Denver Post: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is drowning in beer

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1191185

This is a piece by a freelance journalist on the ongoing struggle between the Pine Ridge Rez and major brewers.

Reservation Deaths: Feds to re-examine Pine Ridge cases (AP via Native Times)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1191184

This si a piece about the US Attorney's Office re-examining a list of 39 deaths that the Oglala Sioux tribe contends were insufficiently prosecuted or investigated.