[LMAO]

Great article. Take any college kid who has been taught the wonders of big government and Socialism and drive him through any Indian reservation and then ask if this is how he or she would want to live.

I grew up near two reservations. The Fond Du Lac and now the St Croix and you don't need a sign to tell you when you're on the rez

[GP100]

Saw a few in NM...deplorable conditions.

[Timber Rattler]

Ignorant article filled with misinformation and outright falsehoods about Indian Country and its relationship with Uncle Sam. Remember that those reservations were established by the U.S. Government as "homes" for the tribes that were defeated in war, or else had agreed to move there as part of treaties guaranteed for "perpetuity."

Want to get rid of the reservations, then the tribes need to agree to cancel the treaties, which they won't.

I get sick and tired reading about Indian issues around here tossed about by people who have no clue of the history or the actual treaties or laws governing the trust relationship.

[MachIV]

We drove through the Crow Reservation in southern Montana a few summers ago on I90. I would notice what looked like state highway signs at various exits that said “NO SERVICES”. I didn’t have to think twice to know that meant I was not welcome in that valley.

[South Dakota]

I cannot comment on all the reservations in the US but I can talk about two.

Pine Ridge and the tree affiliated tribes. TAT. pine ridge is a disaster. The TAT rez is different. It is cleaner.you can buy beer on it and they don’t destroy their home like they do in pine ridge. Alcoholism is rampant on pine Ridge not so on the TAT rez

[reg45]

“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian.”

Henry Ford

[IronJack]

Rosebud and Pine Ridge in South Dakota are the poorest places in the nation. if there is a hell on earth, they are its vestibules.

[zeugma]

Personally, I think it's way past time we abandon the legal fiction that indian reservations are 'sovereign nations'.

Here's a good test of that 'sovereignty': Can you manufacture a full-auto machine gun there?

[MasterGunner01]

Trivia time.

Question: How many U.S. government agencies or departments are taking care of American Indians [aka Native Americans] on their reservations besides the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)?

Answer: Sixteen, in addition to the BIA (for a total of 17).

If there was ever a case of blatant waste, fraud, and abuse, it exists here. The U.S. government would save a lot of money though combining programs, eliminating duplication, and trimming the fat from this mess. But, we couldn’t do THAT could we? Nope. Doing anything this logical completely befuddles the morons that populate Washington, DC.