He didn't stay quiet. In some cases, money that belonged to individual Indians and tribes was deposited in slush funds through accounts set up under phony names. There are thirty recent incidents in which federal employees were allegedly involved in theft, embezzlement and fraud on Indian reservations, yet few were prosecuted. BIA sponsored Indian programs failed to improve the economies of reservations, and BIA failed to provide quality education for Indian children. Housing programs are riddled with scandal, and housing in many areas is shockingly substandard.
Indian health remains poor, with diabetes reaching epidemic proportions on some reservations.
The BIA cannot manage its own money, or account for millions in equipment and supplies. This is due in part to the doctrine of sovereign immunity. And, while many state supreme courts have eliminated the doctrine of sovereign immunity, the federal government has not. Henry has proposed that the doctrine be repealed. His Hobbes- Henry Act would eliminate such protection.