Her experience working on one Res was sufficient to open her eyes to the realities of tribal corruption.
corruption,
native style.
Used to be a poster here who wrote of experiences as a volunteer with the IHS. I looked forward to his tales. He just stopped after a while. Can’t remember who, he could have written a screenplay.
Is the IHS secretly trying to make Britain’s NHS look good by comparison?
I have a sister in law who works as a teacher on several reservations. Total corruption and incompetence.
Hey, I know, we should get the government involved!
In the 1973-5 we were stationed in Klamath falls, Oregon...
the local Indian tribes would get large lumps of cash periodically because they owned certain lands or some such reason...
anyhoo every few years when they were given multiple thousands of dollars they spent it right away on luxuries...
brand new cars that they left on the side when they run out of gas...just buy another one eh ???
beautiful houses that they filled with pigs, horses, cows etc yes really...
and so on...
and of course they had lots of sudden friends who helped them spent it...
It was appalling that the government did not help them control their money..
within weeks months they would be poverty stricken again and probably in debt through easily gotten loans etc..and friendless of course...the kids running dirty and barefoot the houses condemned as unlivable..and no cars..
when we got there they were about to receive another large allotment and we were told what happens and sure enough it did...
I was so sorry for the Indians who would be in dire straits for years and then kings for a few days, weeks months with nobody to help them ...they lived for those few moments of plenty..
My sis worked at one of the clinics. We too are American Indian. Every tribal election there is almost a wholesale change of staff at the clinic. Every position that can be subject to spoils is changed. Only the doctors and professionals that can’t be replaced stay. It is a bloody mess.