In response to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg visiting the Blackfeet Nation in Montana, Dr. Cheryl Crazy Bull, president and CEO of the American Indian College Fund has a message.

“In his Facebook post it was clear that the social and economic issues they [Zuckerberg and his wife] saw made a powerful impression on them,” Crazy Bull said in a blog post.

“The Blackfeet have been on this land for 10,000 years, and for most of that time they followed the buffalo — for food, shelter and clothing. Then settlers came, took their land through war, and implemented programs that made the Blackfeet dependent on the state. The chairman told me they ‘ripped the pride out of our chests and back filled it with alcohol,’” Mark Zuckerberg said in his post.

He zeroed in on some major issues facing not just the Blackfeet Nation, but many in Indian country. Issues like high unemployment, substance use, and the low life expectancy.

“The life expectancy here is 20 years less than our national average. With poverty and poor access to quality food, they struggle with the dual issues of starvation and obesity. Even the chairman of the tribe had some of his toes amputated as a result of diabetes,” Mark Zuckerberg continued. He also posted powerful images from the reservation.

Crazy Bull created a video to add the impression Mark Zuckerberg got of the Nation, but to add “our tenacity and hope, and how the American Indian College Fund and tribal colleges and universities work to transform individuals, their families, and our communities through higher education. In 28 years, the American Indian College Fund has awarded nearly 120,000 scholarships to American Indian students. Yet only 13.8 percent of Native people age 25 and older have a college degree, which is less than half of the national average,” she says in a blog.

Crazy Bull, like other Natives want to point out that it’s not all bad news on the Rez. Like Gyasi Ross said in a story for ICMN about Mark Zuckerberg’s intent versus impact of his visit, there are a lot of people doing amazing things in Indian country.

“There are many amazing Amskapipikuni people doing powerful work and solving problems every single day, just like there are folks within every Native community doing dope work,” Ross said in his piece for ICMN.

Crazy Bull even thinks Mark Zuckerberg can help through education.

“There is tremendous work being done to bring transformative change to Blackfeet—and many other American Indian communities in the United States. We at the American Indian College Fund firmly believe that education is the best way to bring this transformative change to our people and our communities,” she said in a Facebook post. “The American Indian College Fund has seen firsthand how education infinitely benefits individuals, families, communities, and nations… Together, we are certain we can lift an entire population of underserved people through one action! Our goal is clear and our passion unwavering. Won’t you help us increase the number of American Indians who graduate college? Just think of what we could accomplish together! Education is the answer.”