The recession has been mixed for this country's more than 500 Indian tribes. Some urban reservations have found economic opportunity. We'll hear about that on the program tomorrow, but many rural tribes are struggling. Stimulus money earmarked to them is just starting to trickle in. The president of the Navajo Nation, Joe Shirley, says the recession has made his people more poor.

 

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