Overview

For generations, Indian Country has been told a comforting story: the system is working, the grants are flowing, and sovereignty is just another memo away. Business & Politics in Indian Country: You Can't Handle the Truth tears through that illusion. D. G. Comer-tribal-enterprise executive, controller, and unapologetic insider-shows how modern governance, federal incentives, and outside ""helpers"" quietly reward weak institutions while punishing competence. The results are predictable: stalled economies, revolving-door leadership, and communities forced to choose between political peace and real progress. This isn't a complaint memoir. It's a field manual. Comer maps the levers that actually move outcomes: transparent accounting, merit-based hiring, procurement discipline, 8(a) realities, casino cash-flow traps, the weaponization of ""culture,"" and the quiet colonization of tribal governance by consultants and vendors who never pay a price for failure. He pairs hard receipts with plain language and checklists leaders can implement on Monday morning. You'll find case-level analysis, tough chapters on health and education, and a blueprint for governance that can withstand politics-documented, measurable, and teachable. The tone is unsparing but hopeful: tribes can build world-class systems without begging for permission or copying failed models. For tribal leaders, council members, enterprise boards, auditors, policy makers, and citizens who want Indian Country to win-without illusion-this book is both a reckoning and a roadmap. ""If a system protects feelings more than futures, it's not culture-it's custody."" - D. G. Comer Title: Business & Politics in Indian Country: You Can't Handle the Truth Author: D. G. Comer Imprint/Publisher: Heck Fuzzy Publications Publication Language: English Edition: First

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""The tragedy of Indian Country isn't that we were colonized - it's that we learned to govern like our colonizers."" - D.G. Comer""Sovereignty means nothing without self-discipline, transparency, and truth. Too many tribal governments want the first but avoid the others."" - D.G. Comer""We mistake per-capita payments for progress, and poverty programs for empowerment - but both feed dependency, not sovereignty."" - D.G. Comer""Indian Country doesn't need another consultant, another grant, or another photo op - it needs leaders brave enough to lose elections for the truth."" - D.G. Comer""If you want to know what's really wrong in Indian Country, you can't start with history - you have to start with the mirror."" - D.G. Comer

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D.G. Comer is a Native author, business leader, and enrolled member of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. With decades of experience in tribal governance, federal contracting, and economic development, he brings a rare insider's perspective to the struggles and strengths of Indian Country. Comer has served as CEO of Red Lake Construction, managed multiple tribally owned enterprises, and worked to advance sovereignty and sustainable growth across Native communities. His writing blends lived experience with historical insight, offering unflinching truths about leadership, culture, and the future of Native nations.

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