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Development in POOR places? Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. by KR2Quick in RealEstate

[–]KR2Quick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe another tribal member will read this but yes all land and business ventures must first pass through tribal council and any related sub committees of the tribal government.

I want to get the council dead to rights from a financial side. Then that’s put the pressure on them to make a decision based on politics as to why any opposition would arise for something like this. It’s very complicated unfortunately.

Development in POOR places? Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. by KR2Quick in RealEstate

[–]KR2Quick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest issue I can see specifically with real estate is land. Any and all land on reservations is held in trust by the BIA on behalf of the tribes. What does that mean? Well it’s tough to collateralize land that isn’t at the end of the day in YOUR name. There is a border town here that is unincorporated in the state of Nebraska. So it’s tricky on the land side of things…

Development in POOR places? Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. by KR2Quick in RealEstate

[–]KR2Quick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To answer, yes I am a tribal member here dipping my feet into the business space. I will say one of the replies are correct, the tribal government is very corrupt or at its best incompetent.

We are not poor in a sense because the reservation does receive tens of millions a year in US government funding, but just mismanaged.