Comment Contributions of Local Govt Zero (Score 1) 301
What some of you fail to notice is the fact that this was a COMMUNITY project, funded through the USDA-- that's Department of Agriculture--not the BIA.
That means that the project is being completed for the benefit of ALL people in the reservation community, the majority of whom are non-Indian. You might also notice that the governments of the City of Plummer, Benewah County and the State of Idaho are not contributing a nickel. Tribal government only is coming up with the required 15% matching funds. Plummer, Idaho, population 900, is overwhelmingly white.
You should be so lucky as to have a tribal government like this in or near you own communities, ceaselessly investing its financial and human resources to improve the lives of all who live there, Indian and non-Indian.