>If you read the Government spending book from A to Z by Martin Gross you
>will see that we spend something like $20,000 for every American Indian
>in the country. Most of it is lost in the Federal Department of Indian
>affairs that has been the worst department for graft from the days of
>President Grant. If we eliminated the department and gave each Indian a
>check each year and let their tribes administer their own affairs they
>would be far better off.
>Regards,
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>Paul Watson, pwatson@utdallas.edu Purchasing Department "DISCLAIMER"
>The University of Texas at Dallas ph# 214/883-2307, fax# 214/883-2348
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Is a little scary.
I am surprised that the US Govt spends only $20,000 per year on each Tribal
Nation citizen. The treaties that they signed indicated that the Tribal
Nation members would be given everything that they need forever. Try to get
everything you need on $20,000 per year, not taking into account the fact that
the system prolly takes 80% of it in the process. The govt appears to be
avoiding compliance with those old treaties. But we knew that, right?
robert