"Although the subject was electricity, no representatives of National Grid or the state Power Authority attended a meeting held in a small room at the Tuscarora Indians' brand new $7 million community building.

Whether they were hiding in shame at the thought of publicly supporting the illegitimate tribal government that has apparently helped cover up cases of child sexual abuse, denied children the most basic health care at the tribal clinic and even the right to ride on school buses and, most egregiously of all, prohibited entire families from having National Grid -- the parent company of Niagara Mohawk -- hook up basic electric service to heat and light their homes.

Ostensibly, the meeting was called to discuss what to do with funds generated from the sale of low-cost electricity by the Tuscarora leadership to utilities around the country, even as they deny that most basic of human needs to their own people.

But even the majority of the ruling troika of the Tuscarora declined to attend. Neil Patterson Sr. and Leo Henry failed to show, leaving only the slow-witted Neil Patterson Jr. to bear the wrath of what amounted to an angry mob."

Get the Story:
NATIONAL GRID, OTHER COMPANIES MAY BE TARGETED IN TUSCARORA SUIT: Private companies complicit in human rights abuses? (The Niagara Falls Reporter 1/24)

Related Stories:
Ross Johnson: Tuscarora people worried about our leadership (1/10)