On South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, Nick Tilsen is upending entrenched poverty and rebuilding his Lakota community.

With control of the US Senate at stake, the nation’s eyes have shifted to South Dakota — and its Native voters.

Fifty years after the War on Poverty began, poverty remains a serious problem. US Census figures show that most urban areas have neighborhoods with high poverty rates.

Laura Flanders of GRITtv is on a mission to help build strong, sustainable communities.