'Broken promises' report details government's history of failing tribes

WASHINGTON – Tribal leaders went before Congress Tuesday to demand the government address longstanding problems in Indian Country – and not for the first time.

They were among the witnesses at a House hearing on "Broken Promises," a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report detailing decades of underfunding, poor data collection and lack of coordination that have hamstrung federal programs intended to help Native Americans.

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2019/11/19/broken-promises-report-details-governments-history-of-failing-tribes/