My spouse and I received a tribal per capita payment and can't agree on whether to use it for our kids' college funds or to support my brother's family who lost their housing, and the decision feels like it's really about what kind of Indigenous people we want to be.
More people experience this than they realize.
Tribal distributions force impossible choices between future planning and immediate kinship obligations, revealing deeper questions about cultural identity.
“Where Are You with Indigenous approaches to wealth and sharing?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.