> Received: from MAILQUEUE by OOI (Mercury 1.21); 21 Aug 97 12:28:45 +800 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 21 Aug 97 12:28:40 +800 > Received: from anthrax (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:59:41 -0700 (PDT) > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:59:41 -0700 (PDT) > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Precedence: bulk > From: "Max B. Sawicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PEN-L:11918] Re: Blackfeet National Bank--Another Struggle > X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas > X-Comment: Progressive Economics > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-PMFLAGS: 34078848 > > > From: "James Michael Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [PEN-L:11917] Blackfeet National Bank--Another Struggle > > > I posted this previously with no response. I got a lot of response on > > the subject of "high-class" prostitutes in Canberra, AU but > > apparently the subject of genocide against American Indians in a > > America is not on this weeks "buffet" or of much interest to some of > > the keyboard revolutionaries. BTW, wouldn't this be a nice story for > > "Left Business Observer"? > > I don't remember the prior post, but Nader's people might want to > make something out of this. The place to inquire would be > Public Citizen in D.C. (202-833-3000), as well as some places > on the Hill (e.g., Senators Inouye and Campbell). You could > probably get a story on this into the Progressive or In These Times. > It's not as much an LBO story. > > MBS > > > > =================================================== > Max B. Sawicky Economic Policy Institute > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW > 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 > 202-775-0819 (fax) Washington, DC 20036 > http://epn.org/sawicky > > Opinions above do not necessarily reflect the views > of anyone associated with the Economic Policy > Institute other than this writer. > =================================================== Max, Thanks for the suggestion. BTW an update: a Texas District Court also recently found that annuities are not insurance. With the role of the insurance companies and the IRS and the role of business in fiding new ways to do it to Indians, I thought that LBO might be interested. BTW, I was at a meeting the other night at the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning and who showed up but a representative from Ist Interstate Bank Corp. It seems that they really are concerned about the isolation of Indians and would like to set up ATMs on the reservation--how nice of them. Of course the fact that many tribes will be getting more Oil and Gas money with possible revaluation of oil/gas royalties has nothing to do with it. Right now, almost all of the key businesses on the reservation are white-owned and only aproximately $0.12 of every Indian dollar spent on the reservation stays on the reservation. I asked the bank rep from first Interstate where the white banks have been for the last two hundred years plus since his pitch was "trickle down" and "we do it all for you". He didn't have an answer. Jim Craven *-------------------------------------------------------------------* * "Those who take the most from the table,* * James Craven teach contentment. * * Dept of Economics Those for whom the taxes are destined, * * Clark College demand sacrifice. * * 1800 E. Mc Loughlin Blvd. Those who eat their fill, * * Vancouver, Wa. 98663 speak to the hungry, * * (360) 992-2283 of wonderful times to come. * * Fax: (360) 992-2863 Those who lead the country into the abyss,* * [EMAIL PROTECTED] call ruling difficult, * * for ordinary folk." (Bertolt Brecht) * * MY EMPLOYER HAS NO ASSOCIATION WITH MY PRIVATE/PROTECTED OPINION *
