# Rules & Results

Data-driven analysis of institutional barriers to prosperity in Native American communities.

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## [The Insects Moved Faster Than the Paperwork](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/itara-cow-creek-umpqua)

_2026-07-31 · Thomas Stratmann_

A burned forest, an eight-month wait, and what the federal approval process still costs the tribes already inside it.

## [Colville Wired Itself](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/coville-wired-itself)

_2026-07-02 · Thomas Stratmann_

Private carriers would not wire 2,100 square miles of mountains, so the tribe built the network itself. The reservation’s income and employment rose.

## [Ten Years, Three Tribes](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/itara-ten-years-three-tribes)

_2026-05-21 · Thomas Stratmann_

Of fifty-five Intertribal Timber Council member tribes, three made it through

## [Congress Made Two Kinds of Tribes in 1953](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/two-kinds-of-tribes)

_2026-05-04 · Thomas Stratmann_

Thirteen years of VAWA implementation data say which tribes can use what Congress passed.

## [Congress Keeps Giving Tribes Powers They Can’t Afford to Use](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/congress-keeps-giving-tribes-powers-cant-afford)

_2026-03-30 · Thomas Stratmann_

Three federal laws. One pattern. The same broken promise.

## [Why 73% of Tribes Can't Use a Law Designed to Help Them](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/why-73-of-tribes-cant-use-a-law-designed)

_2026-02-24 · Thomas Stratmann_

The HEARTH Act cut lease approval times from 18 months to six weeks. New data shows why most reservations still can't take advantage.

## [When Washington Shuts Down: How Institutional Quality Kept Tribal Services Running](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/shutdown-institutional-quality-tribal-services)

_2026-01-20 · Thomas Stratmann_

New data show which reservations maintained services during the October 2025 federal shutdown and why

## [The Fractionation Tax: How Federal Land Policy Costs Tribes Billions](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/fractionation-tax-federal-land-policy-costs-tribes-billions)

_2026-01-05 · Thomas Stratmann_

Even after $1.9 billion in consolidation, the problem will spiral back by 2038

## [Why Some Reservations Prosper While Others Struggle: The Data](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/reservation-economic-freedom-index-2-0)

_2026-01-02 · Thomas Stratmann_

Median household incomes across tribal nations vary by a factor of six. The Reservation Economic Freedom Index 2.0 shows institutional quality explains the gap.

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## [Small Donor Campaign Contributions, Big Signal: House Campaign Participation Under $500](https://rulesandresults.substack.com/p/small-donors-big-signal-house-campaign-participation)

_2025-12-26 · Thomas Stratmann_

When small-dollar donors rally behind challengers, electoral margins tend to tighten—especially in midterm wave elections.