Reznjun

i went to the general council meeting again this past saturday. it is open to all enrolled tribal members over the age of 18. i went because i thought it would be amusing. i wasnt wrong.  when i signed in i was number 65. that is the required number for a quorum. signed in members topped out at a hundred something. most stayed til alittle after 2. then it was like lets all get the hell out of here so they lose quorum. i am suprised it wasnt a little sooner.  i seen enough finger pointing,  insults, denials and innuendos to last me until next meeting.

an overused buzzword is sovereignty. it loosely means we control everything within our domain. general councils shoot that down. we cant even control our meetings. it all begins with a prayer. i seen many with their heads bowed. i dont know if they were really praying or were merely asking for strength to smite down thy enemies. as soon as people say amen, the gloves come off.

generally when people approach the open mike they do so in the name of the people. no one comes out and says ‘hey i am here to protect my interests.’  no one wants to point out a hundred some people can pass resolutions for nearly 5 thousand tribal members. the absent have no voice in the matter at all. some say we dont want a handful of people to possess unlimited power. so they propose a resolution to appoint a handful of people to oversee the other handful of people. the choice presented is choose one of us to speak for everyone, that makes the choice which is the lesser of two evils. the general council will become a boy that cried wolf scenerio. one day someone on the floor will propose a valid point that will be overlooked because everyone has heard wolf so many times before. it is getting so that who proposes the motion determines if it gets passed or not.

i eased out of the meeting when it looked like it needed to close. i wanted to watch the k u basketball game. i got home and it wasnt even on the local channel. i didnt find it on the radio either. so i did a few things around the house. back to business as usual i guess…………..