Sault Tribe Lands Claim
It appears that Chairman Eitrem would like the Elders to believe that do to the increase in the Elders population, the Lands Claim (Self-Sufficient Fund) payment to the Elders will only be $565.00 for the year.
This amount is a significant decrease from the $1,600.00 checks the Elders were receiving.
Reason: Increase in our Elders population?
Fact: The Chairmen and Board of Directors have been using the Elders Lands Claim money any way they want, even at huge losses to the Elders!
Fact: The Chairmen and Board of Directors owe the Lands Claim fund tens of millions of dollars!
Fact: The Self-Sufficient Fund has been mismanaged and used on some very risky ventures!
Fact: The Chairmen and some of the Board of Directors are the reason the Lands Claim money is disappearing!
When it came time to distribute the Lands Claim money, then Chairman Bernard Bouschor and some of the Board of Directors wanted full control over the Lands Claim money, like they have on EVERYTHING else ! ! !
Director Bouschor makes a lot of claims in his below Unit report that falls far from the truth.
The below documents clearly shows how the Sault Tribal Board wanted to utilize and control every aspect of the millions of dollars that was coming their way.
The 16 Page PDF document of the Michigan Indian Lands Claim Settlement Act can be viewed or downloaded from the below link.
You will be able to see the documents guidelines and how other Tribes chose to utilize their share of the Lands Claim money, compared to how the Sault Tribal Board did.
http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/laws/105/publ143.105.pdf
You can stop the BLEEDING of the Self-Sufficient Fund with your vote! Don't let future generations suffer because we failed to act now.
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