"The Clinton administration's theft of billions entrusted to "our" care " Really, it was during the Clinton years that it occurred to me that something needed to be done. I saw the way the BIA was used to vacuum up campaign money from the tribes, the way they played one tribe against another for partisan political purposes, the way the tribes played one against another to make sure one tribe got a casino permit and another didn't. This is what convinced me that things needed to be modernized.
I read about shoot outs on this or that reservation as one mafia sought to take control of the casino from another.
This is the source of my concern. I don't know what can be done to clean house but it seems to me something needs to be done.
I understand your concern, but we should be cleaning up our own election system and cleaning up the political parties (we know who they are) that abuse the system. Those things we can definitely do.
After we clean our own house, then perhaps we can deal with the trickier Indian issues of treaty obligations and sovereignty while still remaining honorable. Billions of their funds were stolen while in our care. Got to clean that up on OUR end also. It's a lot easier to point a finger their way. Sure they have corrupt petty officials but they are small fry compared to the corruption on our end that supports them.
Regardless of what we do, we still have obligations that we gave our word on.