NY Times on Shutdown and Tribes

This story was filed on October 14, 2013

Here. Aaron Payment, the chairman of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Michigan, said his tribe had already shut down its H.I.V. prevention program and furloughed employees for its Head Start program for a month because of sequestration. Now, … Continue reading →read more

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