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...wealthy tribes have so much political power that they can flout the rights of neighboring communities, poorer tribes and even some of their own members. Their political clout also helps them protect a chaotic gaming system that has served them well, one that is characterized by overburdened and underfunded watchdog agencies, a mishmash of regulations and a lack of financial accountability. As a result, Washington often ignores the needs of Native Americans in distress while assisting those who least need help...
Instead of regulating Indian gambling, the act has created chaos and a system tailor-made for abuse. It set up a powerless and underfunded watchdog and dispersed oversight responsibilities among a hopelessly conflicting hierarchy of local, state and federal agencies. It created a system so skewed--only a few small tribes and their backers are getting rich--that it has changed the face of Indian country. Some long-dispersed tribes, aided by new, non-Indian financial godfathers, are regrouping to benefit from the gaming windfall. Others are seeking new reservations--some in areas where they never lived, occasionally even...
...Matthew R. Skomarovsky ’03, a member of the student-alumni watchdog group HarvardWatch, described the compensation as an injustice...
During his first in-depth interview with The Crimson on the subject, Jack Meyer, president of Harvard Management Company (HMC)—the arm of the University responsible for investing the endowment—called recent allegations by a watchdog group “absurd...
Harvard’s connection to Harken first drew major attention last spring, when HarvardWatch—a student-alumni watchdog group—suggested the University’s ties to the poorly performing energy corporation were prompted by Bush’s relation to the company...