Reynolds Wrap-Up - A Gentlemanly Iron Triangle

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In the latest edition of the illustrious Indian Country Today, correspondent/Oneida Nation press agent Jerry Reynolds revisits a highly topical, and highly controversial, figure in Indian history -- JIMMY CARTER! Former president Jimmy Carter? Yeah you heard it right. How can you go wrong analyzing Mr. Peanuts? We're not sure but we hope ICT takes up Iron Eyes Cody commercials next!

What Reynolds Writes	What He Means
but nowadays, with the basest indignities on offer to every household with an Internet connection	Why aren't more people logging on to Indiancountry.com?
scars of a warrior would have become him more	An Indian Reference and it only took 5 paragraphs! Indians love my colorful phrases.
The American Indian Religious Freedom Act	Peyote for Prisoners!
Indian Child Welfare Act	Grandmas legally have to take care of Grandbabies
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975	Now tribal members can blame their tribes for not providing assistance instead of the federal government.
Many Indians of the time considered it virtually a liberation document	Tribal Leaders got cash directly from the government to do as they pleased.
These were Indian ideals before Republicans ever recognized them as cogenial	Indians follow Republican principles.
They would circulate funding streams through their own communities, instead of supporting the BIA’s salaried legions.	Finally, Tribal leaders can pay their mistresses legally with government money.
but the role of the entrenched bureaucracies was a live issue in the late 1970s.	Look at me jive-talking by using hip words like "live." This one's for the kids!
it has come to seem that his may have been the last such opportunity	The Federal Government gave up on Indians in the late 70s.

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