You assume I'm talking about people when I say shiny tokens because I guess you do think of them as tokens

And you told me to read more? Re-read my statements. I was clearly pointing out how you call tribal goals "shiny tokens". Which very clearly implies that you believe the goals of these tribal governments are trivial and that they don't know better. You are using a colonizer mindset to trivialize the goals of Native peoples because you think you know what's best for them. It's disgusting