Just saying but for every Federal welfare program there is an exact same program for Indians on Indian reservations. It will have a different name and will be administered (IIRC) by the BIA (Bureau of Indian affairs) Besides this these sovereign nations (when it suits them) have other BIA welfare programs the Feds don’t have
I’m certainly accepting of your “saying” for I’m sure you have a better practical view. I’m beginning to wonder if a reservation is sort of like a plantation, except not much personal supervision — people coming from tribal-type societies taking a long time to transition to more complex economic, role/work-based society — a big topic, I guess. Tkes an anthropologist to fathom it? Hmmmm