| Number | 14177 |
| Subject | Native Americans |
| Source | Washington Post Magazine |
| State | DC |
| Year | 1997 |
| Publication Date | Feb. 23, 1997 |
| Summary | In the year of "Dances with Wolves," everybody wanted to be on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Nearly a decade later, it can hardly get a quorum. Reporter Peter Carlson looks at the problems still plaguing America's Indian reservations, from extreme poverty to an inefficient bureaucracy at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
| Category | General |
| Pages | 11 |
| Keywords | Indians;BIA;treaties;Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell;gaming;poverty;Black Hills |
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