07-09-2012, 08:33 PM
The article above is important time wise for the following reason:
The land allotment fraud suit has been upheld.There is a 3.4 billion dollar settlement,which will be paid out to ALL rightful individuals.For the Northern Cheyenne tribal members,the tribe was awarded 50 million dollars.What this means is that my son and step sons will get a check for $2,000 dollars each.
This really is great news,but there is a down side.A lot of this money will be used to buy poisons such as alcohol and meth (the drug from hell).We all know what alcohol has done to decimate tribal peoples,but meth has hit hard on the reservations in the last few years.Things are liable to get much worse once people get their money.So, it's really good to see this resistance on the Pine Ridge Rez.Hopefully,this kind of protest will take hold on other reservations also.
Article about the settlement:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9UUD4UO0.htm
The land allotment fraud suit has been upheld.There is a 3.4 billion dollar settlement,which will be paid out to ALL rightful individuals.For the Northern Cheyenne tribal members,the tribe was awarded 50 million dollars.What this means is that my son and step sons will get a check for $2,000 dollars each.
This really is great news,but there is a down side.A lot of this money will be used to buy poisons such as alcohol and meth (the drug from hell).We all know what alcohol has done to decimate tribal peoples,but meth has hit hard on the reservations in the last few years.Things are liable to get much worse once people get their money.So, it's really good to see this resistance on the Pine Ridge Rez.Hopefully,this kind of protest will take hold on other reservations also.
Article about the settlement:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9UUD4UO0.htm
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