[NormsRevenge]

Top 10 contributors to Fee to Trust Consortium, 2000-2008

Santa Rosa Rancheria $900,000

Sycuan $630,000

Santa Ynez Chumash $450,000

San Manuel $420,000

Morongo $375,000

Barona (tie) $300,000

Rumsey Band (tie) $300,000

Table Mountain $225,000

Jackson Rancheria $135,000

Viejas $129,465

Jamul $126,144

Pechanga $115,000

Pala $114,000

Shingle Springs $84,000

Elk Valley $60,000

Top 15 recipients of Land into trust via Consortium, 2000-2006 (fractions rounded off)

Paskenta 1898

Morongo 1807

Jackson Rancheria 1073

Barona 1058

Pechanga 994

Soboba 950

Mesa Grande 883

Susanville 878

Mooretown 273

Pala 222

Hopland 217

Elk Valley 212

Sycuan 172

Sherwood 161

San Manuel 121

[DoughtyOne]

I’m sure glad this doesn’t wreak of bribery or payoffs. Oh wait...

Doesn’t it frost you that these agencies are allowed to operate like Congress and the Senate?

[ErnBatavia]

Related....just a few minutes ago I was reading the Riverside Press Enterprise, and it was noted that - according to some court documents - each enrolled member of the San Manuel band receives $100,000 monthly.

As a kid, I always volunteered to play the Indian...does that count?

[bpjam]

and yet, somehow these tribes managed to do this without the help of Jack Abramoff?? Hmmm....

I thought the only thing wrong with ‘indian gaming’ was the influence of “GOP Top Lobbyist” Jack Abramoff??

[calcowgirl]

Nice stats.

Now, could you also provide an acre-per-capita breakdown for all of the DOI handouts?

Is there some unlimited amount of land that our philantropist-Government has to dole out to it’s favorite group?