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- From: Dana Numkena <beaver.cs.washington.edu!gnosys!asuvm.inre.asu.edu!ASDMN>
- Subject: Re: The B.I.A.
- Message-ID: <01GT3KCD3RQQ96VNYU@asu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:45:27 GMT
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- Original-Sender: Dana Numkena <asuvm.inre.asu.edu!ASDMN>
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- To whoever interested,
- I haven't read Nativenet for a long time, and I just read some the
- messages for the past 15 days. Excuse me for the long reply.
- I talked to a Chairman of a reservation a few years ago about what
- he thought about terminating the BIA. Even though terminating the BIA
- is a popular thought amongst the Indians, the belief was in the
- Chairman's interest. He said that even though the BIA has impeded
- tribal progress, terminating the BIA would not be a good idea for this
- particular reservation. He didn't believe that the tribe would be able
- to keep the reservation from the state. Also, terminating the BIA would
- stop goverment funds (whatever they might be) earmarked to this
- particular reservation. In sum, the tribe is not able to be self-
- sufficient in order to keep the reservation from the state.
- From my point of view, I would have to agree with this Chairman.
- The BIA, in a sense, does provide a shelter from the state.
-
- Dana Numkena
- Internet: asdmn@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
- Bitnet: asdmn@asuacad
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