EPA chief under fire for insulting a gift from Native Alaskan tribes

Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller 3/17/2014

Alaskans are not letting Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy forget that she said a gift she received from the state’s Native tribes “could gag a maggot.”

Although the comments were made to reporters weeks ago, the fallout continues.

“This is not coming from some random bureaucrat who’s never […]

Native Americans and the Public Option

After decades of government-run care, some Indians are finally saying enough.

By TERRY ANDERSON Bozeman, Montana The Wall Street Journal Online AUGUST 28, 2009

…The IHS spends about $2,100 per Native American each year, which is considerably below the $6,000 spent per capita on health care across the U.S. But IHS spending per capita is […]

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