How a Payday Lender Used Tribal Immunity to Get Rich Quick
American Web Loan was set up as a tribal lender, but a class-action lawsuit reveals who controlled the company — and made massive profits — behind the scenes.
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American Web Loan was set up as a tribal lender, but a class-action lawsuit reveals who controlled the company — and made massive profits — behind the scenes.
New Book Provides Insight into Conflict with Tribe over Tule Lake Site Posted On By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributor Some in the Nikkei community have wondered why the Tule Lake Committee is feuding with an Indigenous tribe. There have been comments that this looks bad for optics to have one community of color quarreling with another community of color. “Mass Murder in California’s Empty Quarter: A Tale of Tribal Treachery at the Cedarville Rancheria” by Ray A. March devotes a chapter to this issue. March opens the book with a mass shooting that had taken place in 2014 in Modoc Count...