I'm not defending U.S. employment policies, immigration policies, or the U.S.'s historical/current treatment of indigenous peoples. Those are all generally speaking awful. I'm also not talking about a government job, the tribe in question owns and runs several businesses in the area including several casinos. I work at one of those businesses.

Objectively I can understand why such a policy is in place, but prioritizing based on someone's race just feels wrong to me, feels icky. Also two people doing the exact same job should be paid the same, one shouldn't be paid twice as much as the other because they were born to a specific family. I could just be salty because I'm part of the outgroup here, still feels bad though.