Got Children? Want to Know What to Do About Their Minors' Fund Losses? Attend This Birdtown Meeting

A meeting has been scheduled to discuss the Minor's Fund Fiasco. It takes place at 6 p.m. at the Birdtown Community Building. I've got to hand it to the community clubs. More action happens at this level than ever happens at the Tribal Council or executive level. So far on this issue they're the only ones taking it upon themselves to address this Minor's Fund issue whereby tribal government had essentially taken the children's money and blew it on a craps table. $60 million total lost at the end of last year, and that total is probably much more now. Yes the stock market, where much of the money was invested, was bad, but there were plenty of indicators well before the big crash last fall that would've shown that maybe some of this money should've been placed in less risky investments.
Since so many of my fellow community members in Cherokee County have not received statements about the state of their children's accounts I particularly want to encourage tribal members in Cherokee County to attend this meeting. Bring your questions. I of course would like to ask why members in Cherokee County have had such a delay in receiving their children's statements, especially when those in other communities, including Snowbird, have.
Three members of the investment committee have reportedly resigned. So far Tribal Council's response has been to throw the Investment Committee under the bus, no suggestions yet or any concrete proposals on how to fix the problem, let alone prevent it from happening again. As a soon-to-be-parent, I'd like the option to invest my child's account as I see fit, which right now is in T bills, CD's and high interest Orange accounts. I don't trust tribal government to manage my child's account appropriately, and if the tribe had a right to recall elected officials, this certain would be just such cause for those at the executive level.