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Why are Indian Reservations So Poor? Forbes writer John Koppisch says it's because of a lack of individual property rights. In a
detailed response, the executive director of non-profit organization Village Earth says: "I find it ironic how academics and journalists try to come up with new theories to explain poverty on reservations but fail to take into account the obvious. The government owes Native Americans at least 45 Billion dollars yet, in the settlement offered by the Obama administration, they are being compensated for less that .06% of that."
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posted by desjardins
on Dec 14, 2011 -
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