Corrupt Indian Agencies diverted most federal rations before they reached tribes

Evidence

The Indian Agency has been a sink of fraud and corruption; it is said that barely thirty per cent of the allowance ever reaches those for whom it is voted; and the complaints of shoddy blankets, damaged flour, and worthless firearms are universal. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 203

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s other material on state violence masked as administration — parallels the Base Nation pattern of contractor capture of public funds.
• SEED: Angle: ‘three cents on the dollar’ — a short essay on the long American tradition of agencies that starve the people they administer.