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Many of Washington's 29 tribes don't have money for disease screenings, specialty care, mental health services, substance abuse treatment or dentists. Many triage their funds by invoking a "life or limb" standard, paying for specialty care only in dire emergencies. "If the leg don't have to come off, and if their eye don't have to come out, they won't get referred out," said Joseph, the Colville council member.

After you read the whole article, go buy a Sherman Alexie book and bask in the medicinal, burning glory of feeling really uncomfortable as a white person. Then, let's figure out how to start fixing this mess. Question: is Obama going to give Native Americans affordable health care, too?

Seattlest has lived in eight cities across the country, and we have to be honest. We've lived in Seattle longer than we have anywhere else because we love it here. It's clean, it's culturally vibrant, it's full of extraordinary natural beauty, it's safe. But, we've never been able to reckon with the fact that it's just so damned wealthy and white. Much as we like to think of ourselves as forward-thinking, inclusive citizens, we all know our lovely little city is about as diverse as a carton of eggs.