How can the tribal recognition process be fixed?
Long-term reform requires that Congress remove the recognition process from the BIA and establish an independent agency insulated from politics or lobbying. It must have nonpartisan members, staggered terms, and ample resources. There is compelling precedent for such an independent agency the Securities and Exchange Commission, for example, or the Federal Communications Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission, which deal professionally and promptly with topics that require extraordinary expertise, impartiality, and fairness.
