Disclaimer...I had no intention of casting any racial or ethnic slurs on Injuns by this thread. I do have a big beef with the political stances they take as a group, with the assistance of white lawyers. Nothing makes them happy. The local Rancheria had so much money, built so many new houses, they had to advertise and search genealogy charts to find enough people to live in them (mostly BIA's screwup not the Injuns). The state of the art Health Clinic / Dental care facility, does not have enough customers, so they are pulling patients from the general public, which is ok, but in a sparsely populated rural area it makes an already shaky healthcare system financially non viable. The Karuk Tribe owns the largest construction company in the county with preference on govt bidding, owns the largest ready mix plant, owns the largest forest silviculture/fire prevention service, owns the largest housing provider/management entity, building the largest gas station/truck stop in the county, has quietly purchased the largest car dealership, and of course the casino (actually I like that idea, let the gamblers fund the tribe)...on and on. Happy though? No, now playing footsie with Warren Buffet and his Pacific Power to remove the dams on the upper Klamath that have been in existence for over a hundred years and supported one of the last wild salmon runs on the Pacific side. What will happen to the Klamath and it's salmon runs...nobody knows. Never happy, never enough.
