Means Testing When you drive through the Reservation, you do not see "third world" type shanties in which people are living. True, you see modest homes but you also see some very well appointed homes; some with swimming pools. Certainly, the folks who are well to do have no need of speared fish to offset starvation. Fish Processing I find it hard to digest that tribal members are the persons who engage in the tedious job of cleaning and processing thousands of fish for distribution and warehousing. It is more likely that a contractor is hired to do the processing. Distribution Among The Needy This is, in my perspective, the "black hole" of the spearing harvest. There appears to be no mechanism to distribute fish among the needy of the tribe based upon need. Unclaimed Speared Fish There appears to be no accountability regarding fish that are not claimed by the needy of the tribe. It is hard to believe that all of the thousands of speared fish are distributed among the needy of the tribe. Logic dictates that there has to be some overage. Consider also that, to a great extent, the fish that are being speared by the Lac Du Flambeau are stocked fish. These fish are available to be stocked as the direct result of WDNR activities that are funded by taxpayer dollars and the proceeds of license sales. Regardless of the Nation status of the tribe, the
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