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Fast Forturne, Big Spending
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has a "$1 billion-a-year gambling empire" and is one of the wealthiest tribes in America. The Sun-Sentinel looks at how tribal leaders "used millions of the tribes money for their personal benefit with virtually no outside scrutiny."
Tags: Native Americans; Seminole; tribe; Florida; gambling; casino; personal wealth; tribe leaders
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Legislature: Money: Funding, expenses reported; Politicians find ways to finance campaigns; Agriculture, energy leading PACs; Lawyers, energy executives top list of donors; Tribes favoring Dems in giving; Contributions used for rent
WOrld reporters were able to show how campaign contributions are directed to a few legislative leaders and how little documentation of expenditures is required. They also were able to identify large contributors and, in some cases, get them to talk about their motivations. Reporters found a couple of national organizations that had circumvented the state's reporting laws, and that a lot of legislators either don't know the rules or don't pay much attention to them.
Tags: campaign; state government; donations; legislators; finance
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Forgery claim blurs tribe's fate
Forged documents were used as part of a land development deal involving the ousted leader of the Amah Mutsun Indian Tribe and her San Diego-based development partner. The Bureau of Indian Affairs remained neutral on the matter even after learning that the documents were forged.
Tags: Native Americans; Indians; forgery; real estate; development; Bureau of Indian Affairs; zoning laws
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American Indian Rule: Sovereignty Abused
An investigation by the Detroit News reveals "widespread civil rights abuses" on American Indian reservations in Michigan and across the country. "American Indians, our investigation revealed, often live in societies with no independent justice system, limited access to public records, restrictive election laws and scant protections against legislative misconduct. In addition, most Indians have little control over their tribe's finances and their tribal membership is subject to the whim of their leaders."
Tags: American Indians; reservations; Michigan; civil rights; abuses
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% Outside magazine reviews the unexplained death of Leroy Jackson, a Navajo environmentalist and leader of Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment. Jackson had angered people within the tribe and without for advocating environmental and wildlife protection over jobs, May, 1994.
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The Courier (Houma, La.) reveals how the tribal leaders of local indians endangered the tribe's ability to recieve federal assistance grants and that money was improperly funneled to certain tribal leaders, July 25 - 29, 1993.
Tags: LA Griggs 23 pages