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jwirr

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3. Our reservation tribal leaders run out the rez here. They have many times benefited from federal

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 12:58 PM

May 2012

programs which by the way have the same rules as the program does when it benefits others. A good example of that is housing. One of the biggest benefits is the fact that they were given the right to open the casinos. When I first came to the rez hardly anyone had a good job. That is no longer true.

It is true that isolated rural Native communities have a harder time of it but there are a lot reasons behind that besides the BIA.

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Indian Country’s American Nightmare [View all] MindMover Apr 2012 OP

not all reservations or tribes are the same DustyJoe Apr 2012 #1

The entire reservation system is racist. loose wheel May 2012 #2

A Cheyenne on a MN rez. Do you know that the Ojibwa and Cheyenne tribes are traditional enemies jwirr May 2012 #4

I have worked on a rez in N.California with many tribes and have found that... MindMover May 2012 #5

Our reservation tribal leaders run out the rez here. They have many times benefited from federal jwirr May 2012 #3