Indians looking for better services and benefits are finding them by switching tribal enrollment.
Per capita payments are an added bonus for some who switch. Charles Leno, 28, was a member of the Siletz Tribes but after enrolling with the Grand Ronde Tribes, he got a $4,000-$5,000 annual payment.
Lynn Holder, a demographer and director of the University of Washington tribal community partnership program, said people switch switch to tribes that have been economically successful.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2004
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