Dusty Johnson: “In South Dakota, the average age of death is 78 years old…”

“It's just an incredibly important obligation we have that we're not always doing a very good job of meeting. In South Dakota, the average age of death is 78 years old for Native American. For enrolled members, it's 58 years. Just a remarkable 20 year gap. And there are a lot of reasons for that, but. And we should address all of them.” (00:51–01:02)

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