Monday, November 29, 2010

You could have been millionaires... so freakin bad

The Tribe has a lot of money thanks in part to the children’s trust funds. I’ve just been informed that the Tribe is taking the interest that is being generated by the children’s trust funds. They’re not merely skimming the interest but they’re taking any/all the interest and funneling it back into the Tribe. This has been going on for quite some time. There are laws in place to protect minor’s trust funds, but some individuals have managed to skirt around them. Anywhoo, doesn’t the Tribe employ someone to notice these things? Alert the proper authorities.

What Missing Money? Just Grovel.

Remember, the 10 tribal members whose percap had been withheld for 5 years and was being held for them in escrow. Well, that withheld percap amounts to a tidy sum of $90,000- $100,000 Yet, the 10 tribal members still haven’t received any of it.
2005 Court Report
Tribal council: We want you to recognize us as your tribal council!
10 tribal members: Oh, really.
Tribal council: Say it. You have to say it.
10 tribal members: Yawn
Tribal council: We want you to acknowledge us as your tribal council! You’re going to have to say it using your voices.
10 tribal members: Is this going to take much longer?
Tribal council: We’re going to need you to give some indication that you consider us the tribal council.
10 tribal members: This is getting a bit wearisome.
Tribal council: Do you know who we are?
10 tribal members: Ah, getting a whiff of it. An awful lot.
Tribal council: Ok, if that’s how you want to be. You will no longer be getting your percap. Indefinitely.

End Scene
That pretty much sums up what happened. I will most definitely keep bringing up what that wretched tribal council did until the bans are lifted at the casino and the 10 tribal members receive their back payments.

Meskwaki Language classes are not mandatory. woot woot

Koko knows best.

Apparently, there's some sort of checklist to being an authentic Indian or in this case a Meskwaki Indian.

- Thou must speak the Meskwaki language.
*I know the basics, but I prefer to speak it with an Irish accent. I don’t know why I do. Perhaps, I think it makes me appear jolly. A jolly good Indian.
- Thou must be a traditional person.
I never see you at the clan feasts therefore you are not Meskwaki enough. *I don’t like what goes on at those feasts … using it the wrong way. No, thanks. I’m not going to be a part of that. Not for me.

Dipping your wick, mate?

There has been some speculation surrounding a tribal council member’s decision to hire an assistant when things are a bit slow around the workplace (casino). I could care less but there have been some who are wiggling their eyebrows and sniggering. They have taken an interest. I mention this to go into another topic.
There are also many people who are displeased that a tribal council member is working at the casino. You know, conflict of interest and all. A tribal council member working at the Tribe’s gaming establishment had always been a definite no-no until 2003. I guess that’s why the chairman scurried to the school awhile back. Time to go back to the way things used to be?