While some of these tribes help others financially, most feel the future of gaming on reservations is uncertain, and so they concentrate on providing a future for their own people. Yes, we have had and currently have Native Americans from many different tribes employed in our organization over the years. We are an equal opportunity organization and welcome people of all races. No, many leave to seek work off the reservation to help support their families that remain on the reservation. The importance of family, the remoteness of many of the reservations and the lack of transportation, make it very difficult for many to leave the reservation.
Many families remaining on the reservations combine their resources in order to stay together.
These responsibilities include overhead and fundraising, and do not include the actual emergency relief and self-help portions of the programs. It is still all the same organization, not a third party. There is no percentage of your contribution that goes specifically to NRC other than what would normally go for operating expenses for the programs. Most tribes do not allow their children to be adopted outside the tribe. The extended family holds great importance within their culture so children usually remain within their extended family.