TABLE 5.15 MOST IMPORTANT PASTS BY EDUCATION -- PINE RIDGE OGLALA SIOUX SAMPLE

We asked each of our respondents the following question: "Knowing about the past of which of the following four areas or groups is most important to you -- the past of your family, the past of your racial or ethnic group, the past of the community in which you now live, or the past of the United States?" The table below divides the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Sample into four education groups and reports the percentage of respondents that choose the pasts listed in the far-left column.
 
Knowing about the past of which of the following four areas or groups is most important to you?
EDUCATION
Total Sample
No high school diploma
High school diploma
Some college
4 year degree and up
The past of your family
50%
56%
47%
48%
52%
The past of your racial or ethnic group
38%
30%
42%
35%
42%
The past of the community in which you now live
7%
11%
9%
9%
0%
The past of the United States
5%
4%
2%
7%
6%
100% N=176
101% N=27
100% N=45
99% N=56
100% N=48

 

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