Saturday, February 11, 2006
Betrayal of Trust
Wampum notes that while over 100 billion dollars slips out of the federal purse from the oil, gas, minerals and grazing rights of land held in trust for individual Indians, media and politicians are painting all tribes that operate regulated gaming in jump suit orange.
"There are over 560 Federally Recognized Indian Tribes surrounded by the United States. Only six hired Abramoff. The real tragedy of the whole Abramoff thing is that the tribes that didn't hire him would have done better if they had, and it isn't just the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots who are faced with implacibly hostile Democrats wedded to lotteries and various fictions why the Indians of State X have to live off of AFDC and WIC and even less."
"There are over 560 Federally Recognized Indian Tribes surrounded by the United States. Only six hired Abramoff. The real tragedy of the whole Abramoff thing is that the tribes that didn't hire him would have done better if they had, and it isn't just the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots who are faced with implacibly hostile Democrats wedded to lotteries and various fictions why the Indians of State X have to live off of AFDC and WIC and even less."
