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Business and Politics in Indian Country - You Cant Handle the Truth is a fearless examination of how power, money, and governance actually function across Indian Country, far beyond the headlines and press releases. Author D.G. Comer, a seasoned tribal executive and builder, pulls no punches as he exposes the political games, economic traps, and cultural distortions that have shaped tribal nations for generations. Drawing from firsthand experience, documented history, and modern case studies, Comer dismantles the myths surrounding sovereignty, federal policy, casino economics, and internal politics to reveal the machinery that determines who truly benefits from self-determination. This book is not an academic study; it is a field report from inside the system. Comer speaks directly to tribal leaders, policymakers, and community members who are ready to confront the uncomfortable truth: that the greatest challenges to Native progress often come from within. Yet amid the critique, he offers a roadmap for reform, calling for transparent governance, ethical leadership, cultural revitalization, and economic independence rooted in accountability rather than dependency. Through five major sections-Historical Assaults, Internal Reckoning, Politics and Leadership, Rebuilding the Tribal Economy, and Vision for the Future-Comer traces how colonization evolved from open warfare to administrative control, how good intentions became bureaucratic shackles, and how tribes can restore the principles that once made Indigenous nations strong. Unapologetic, meticulously researched, and deeply personal, Business and Politics in Indian Country - You Cant Handle the Truth challenges both Native and non-Native readers to rethink what sovereignty, leadership, and nation-building truly mean in the twenty-first century. For readers of truth-to-power works such as Killers of the Flower Moon, Custer Died for Your Sins, and Neither Wolf Nor Dog, Comers voice stands out as both insider and reformer-demanding integrity where it has too long been optional, and hope where others see only politics.

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