When did any non-indigenous businesses ever share any of their revenues with the tribes, despite making their profits on land stolen from the tribes? So why are tribal revenues subject to being shared with the State and non-tribal people?
The treaties have been broken many times by the Federal Government. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have mismanaged tribal lands for more than 150 years.
Millions of acres of treaty-specified land have been “absorbed” (a euphemism for “stolen”) by private non-indigenous landowners, through BLM and BIA, and by the government for military bases and national parks.
In the current federal court case, estimates are at least $10 billion or more is missing – money that should have gone to generations of impoverished indigenous families, from their land and mineral leases.
The tribes’ leadership shucked and jived, giving up precious dollars, to buy peace and good will from State officials. That makes me nauseated.
To be able to do anything for their people, tribal leaders felt they had to appeal to non-Natives’ greed, giving them “a piece of the action”, just so they could do what they needed to do for their tribes.
The treaties have been broken many times by the Federal Government. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have mismanaged tribal lands for more than 150 years.
Millions of acres of treaty-specified land have been “absorbed” (a euphemism for “stolen”) by private non-indigenous landowners, through BLM and BIA, and by the government for military bases and national parks.
In the current federal court case, estimates are at least $10 billion or more is missing – money that should have gone to generations of impoverished indigenous families, from their land and mineral leases.
The tribes’ leadership shucked and jived, giving up precious dollars, to buy peace and good will from State officials. That makes me nauseated.
To be able to do anything for their people, tribal leaders felt they had to appeal to non-Natives’ greed, giving them “a piece of the action”, just so they could do what they needed to do for their tribes.