Jeremy Maddux’s Reviews > Boomwild > Status Update

“Every time we manage to make some money, either the state or the feds step in and take it. And then, just to rub it in, they accuse us Indians of being lazy because we’re poor. And we’re poor because they keep raiding what little wealth we have. But again, that’s how things work on the rez.

Kildare. Boomwild (pp. 45-46). Kildare Press, LLC. Kindle Edition.

'“We don’t know much about how things are run around here.” Jesús said. “We’ve been told it’s a mess.” Charlie snorted. “That’s an understatement, but that’s always been the case. We make the best of it. Not much else we can do. The feds don’t want us to be dependent on the government, but they don’t want us to be free, either, and they can’t figure out that those two goals are incompatible.'