"If the Zuni Pueblo band is so filthy rich that it has $11,000 to throw away by attending the inauguration of a president who has done almost nothing for the tribe, I'd like to hit it up for a small loan.

The tribal band spent $11,250 in making the 65-hour round trip to President Bush's inaugural Thursday. They should finally be pulling back into Zuni right about now.

If the Bush administration so desperately wanted some sort of American Indian representation in the ridiculous $40 million two-day affair, someone should have flown the players round trip, put them up in a hotel and given them a per diem.

Instead, after enduring a 32-hour bus trip, they were rewarded by shelling out an additional $2,000 for lodging. If that wasn't bad enough, they were ordered to not even look at Bush as they passed his review stand. I wonder if band members wore horse blinders or saw his reflection in a French horn?"

Get the Story:
Eddie Chuculate: Zuni wasted money on inaugural trip (The Albuquerque Tribune 1/26)

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