Liberating Tribal Economies—Ending the Oppressive Myths and Federal Policies | Opinion

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Native American Heritage Month is here and bound to produce the usual depictions of Native Americans as a monolithic, teepee dwelling, non-commercial people who live in harmony with nature. Indigenous cultural aversion to business is often blamed for the poverty that plagues Indian reservations. Though many people assume tribal economic struggles result from a cultural clash with the United States’ free enterprise system, the problem isn’t Indigenous culture. The problem is federal policy. Long

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