Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 21, 2023

The Rich Get Richer: Non-Profits in Indian Country 'It's all about power'


While billions of dollars flow into non-profits and tribal governments, those who need it most are being ignored. Photo: Dine' volunteer Bitahnii Wilson delivers firewood and water to isolated Dine' elderly and disabled in need.

Censored News investigations into non-profits in Indian country, and the Fallon bombing range reveal it is all about the power, the power to control, and the power to conceal

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Jan. 21, 2023

The rich get richer.

The salaries of the heads of non-profits in Indian country are shocking.

"Philanthropy is always about power," writes The Guardian.

The power to control, and the power to conceal. This is what is obvious in our investigations of non-profits in Indian country, and the Defense spending bill which resulted in the expansion of the Fallon bombing range in Nevada, which Paiute leaders had opposed, and Myron Dewey died trying to prevent.

We began our investigation into non-profits after being asked to, by Natives who live on the land, and those who have spent their lives in the movements.