- This info is helpful in describing the impact of reservations/tribes on federal spending. It is a huge amount that can be lessened by tribal casinos. This can give my audience who oppose casinos another perspective to think of.
- Peter Katel is the author and although I don't think my audience would know of him I'm sure that his credentials as a writer who covered the southwest region might give him insight as this area is heavily populated with Native Americans.
- Native Americans have relied heavily on the federal government for financial assistance. In Katel's CQ Researcher Report (2006) federal spending on Indian programs of all kinds nationwide currently amounts to about $11 billion, James Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary of the Interior, told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in February. (p.364)
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