Weekend Reading
Susie Madrake (of Suburban Guerrilla was kind enough to send a pointer to the UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, PROPOSED COMMITTEE REPORT of JUNE 11, 2008, 35 pages of high minded investigative righteousness that mentions Indians twice on pages 5, 6 and 11, and once more on page 26, the MMS, or oil, gas, coal and uranium not at all, the IGRA or Indian Gaming not at all, Chad Smith or the BIA not at all, and so on.
The Democrats unwillingness to lift the veil and go beyond deference to the "Senator from Indian Country" is why the efforts of the Congressional Black Caucus should interest, not simply alarm, Indians working towards reform, whether of tribal governments long captured by corporations and long abandoned by distant agency, or of basic economic means to improve the well-being of Indians.
