Design for Change
When the students of Crazy Horse High School in South Dakota decided to take action in their community they were competing against the odds. Ninety-seven percent of their neighbors live in poverty. On the reservation where they grew up, young people are especially affected by unusually high rates of unemployment, alcoholism, school dropouts, even suicide. While over 80% of their peers in South Dakota get their high school diplomas, less than half of all students of Native American descent make it to graduation day; a historical achievement gap between Native students and t
