Monday, August 13, 2007

WheatGR has re-assigned nearly a decade of financial disclosure records filed for the Bay Mills Indians to the Shinnecock Indians

UPDATE: Within 48 hours of this original blog post, corrections were made to filings with the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records by Wheat Government Relations regarding its longtime client the Bay Mills Indian Community.

Wheat Government Relations (WheatGR), a D.C. lobbying firm headed by former Rep. Alan Wheat, has apparently either confused its two clients The Shinnecock Indian Nation (New York) and Bay Mills Indian Community (Michigan) or in fact, has intentionally masked (or merged) all the records regarding Wheat GR's nearly 10-year engagement with the Bay Mills Indian Community available on the Secretary of the Senate's Office of Public Records lobbying disclosure Web site (select "Registrant Name" and holding down the control key select "Client Name," then click "Go;" in Registrant type "Wheat Government Relations" and in Client type "Shinnecock")

Records for the Bay Mills Indian Community, a significant client of Wheat Government Relations from 1998 through 2006 are now found under the client name "Shinnecock Indian Nation" for those years 1998 - 2006.

Records for the Shinnecock Indian Nation, also a Wheat client, are now found under the client name "Shinnecock Indian Nation of New York" for the years 2004 - 2006.

It's unclear why this has happened, but the staff in the Secretary of the Senate's office has indicated they plan to look into the matter and follow up with Wheat GR.

Disclosure records filed August 2004 by Kessler & Associates Business Services regarding its client Wheat Government Relations indicate oddly that Kessler was representing WheatGR on the following specific lobbying issues: "Bay Mills/Shinnecock Land Swap." The two tribes are located in Michigan and New York respectively and there is nothing to suggest the tribes share common history or ancestral territories.

Both the Shinnecock and Bay Mills Indians have pursued schemes for off-reservation Indian casinos backed by Mrs. Marian Ilitch and Michael J. Malik, Sr., Detroit casino syndicators.

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