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Author:

Ganesan, Arvind, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97012094

Title:

Secret and Unaccountable : The Tribal Council at Lower Brule and its Impact on Human Rights / by Arvind Ganesan.

Publisher:

Human Rights Watch,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

111 pages ; 27 cm

Subject:

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota.
Brulé Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Dakota.
Brulé Indians--South Dakota--Appropriations and expenditures.
Brulé Indians--Finance.--Finance.
Brulé Indians--Economic conditions.
Brulé Indians--Social conditions.
Human rights--South Dakota.

Other Authors:

Human Rights Watch (Organization), issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88622031

Notes:

"January 2015"--Table of contents page. "This report was researched and written by Arvind Ganesan, director of the Business and Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch"--P. 84. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Summary -- Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe -- II. Tribal Government's Human Rights Responsibilities -- III. Lower Brule's Tribal Government -- IV. Withholding of Information -- V. Mismanagement of Public Funds -- VI. Conflicts of Interest -- VII. Westrock -- Acknowledgments -- Annex.

Summary:

"This 111-page report documents many of the problems with tribal governance at Lower Brule for the first time. It details how the Tribal Council has diverted millions of dollars in federal funds away from key social programs without explaining how those funds were spent. Human Rights Watch has obtained hundreds of pages of government documents detailing financial mismanagement and possible corruption and is making that information public for the first time"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

1623132223
9781623132224

OCLC:

(OCoLC)900871149

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)