[LeonardFMason]

That would be my exact question to her.

How long has there been a lack of political will?

BETTER:

With some NATION/TRIBES raking in hundreds of millions, if not billions, in gaming revenue wouldn’t it make sense to expect them to share this money and help with any funding issues?

[Olog-hai]

Not a word about casino revenue in the article. Don’t know about the commission’s report. They make a bizarre claim that part of the Quinault’s reservation is “underwater due to climate change”, too.

Right at the bottom, they include the comments of the sole GOP member of the commission.

Peter Kirsanow, the only Republican on the Civil Rights Commission, disagreed that money will solve what he acknowledged are serious problems in Indian Country. He said it’s unreasonable and impossible for the federal government to funnel money to tribes to maintain a middle-class lifestyle, and sometimes tribes work against themselves.

The standards of living are different now than in the 19^th century when many treaties were signed, he said.

“The best thing Congress can do for Indians and non-Indians is to reform the laws to treat Indians the same as non-Indians, no better and no worse,” he wrote in the report. …

None of the 19^th-century treaties could ever be as socialistic as the 1957 Civil Rights Act, though.

[snoringbear]

“With some NATION/TRIBES raking in hundreds of millions, if not billions, in gaming revenue wouldn’t it make sense to expect them to share this money and help with any funding issues?” And, oil revenue as well. Sadly, Indian Reservations over the years have become rural ghettos. And, tribal leaders are corrupt to the core skimming revenues like they are Al Sharption on steroids 🥴....