During world war 2 the united states engaged in a lend lease program with other nations. what was this program?

The Lend-Lease policy was a program implemented by the US in 1941 with the aim of defeating Germany, Japan and Italy by initiating the distribution of food, oil and other materials, that lasted until August 1945. It also included weaponry, warships and warplanes.

The help was sent to Great Britain, China, free France, also to the Soviet Union when they started their participation in the war, and other allied countries. This aid was free for all the allied nations. In turn, the US earned leases on army and naval basis totally free of charge, in the territories of the allied countries during the war, plus the provision of local supplies,  

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.