are most native americans better off economically because of casinos?
396790
Are you kidding me?\n\nSome of them get checks for $150K plus a year for doing nothing or working a job at the casino.\n\nHey, if you're paying me 150K, all is forgiven my friends! Welcome to Soaring Eagle Chippewa Casino!!
1008415
Native Americans did just fine in the world they lived in.  The white man moved in and upset their culture.  The white man spread disease and killed them outright.  The natives were lied to just to swindle them out of the land that was theirs to begin with.
384662
Did you know that hookers that work in brothels in Nevada make more money than the president?
1185719
Economic disparity. In any society, where there is a large portion of poor people, the people in those "economic casts" are more likely to commit crimes of opportunity (drug dealing, petty theft, robber, auto theft, etc). Unfortunately, many African Americans fall in these poor economic casts. Its not a race issue, and if you were able to find reliable data, I'm sure you'd find that all people in an economic cast regardless of race, are prone to commit the same behaviors, whether that is crime, polygamy, stock trading, etc.
737436
The Native Americans got screwed.
285352
Even if you proved that you were Native American there is no help from the government no free money and no handouts.\n\nGood luck with your quest for free money, lol
413212
us white men own casinos in atlantic city and vagas but i dont know about any where else.
1093544
Good question, I think the only reason is because overall most poeple in the nation (now I'm not saying all, and the numbers are dwinding) don't want a nation of gamblers.  Not to mention it would have a bad effect on the state lotteries already in place creating revinue for the states.
458657
The First Casino in America\n\nMost casino gambling games came up the river from the Deep South before the War Between the States. French, English, Spanish, and Irish immigrants brought with them games of chance and a desire to spread the wealth through games. In a sense, the First Casino in America was a large parlor on the Mississippi.\n\nArguably, the first casino on land was Brown's Saloon (on the corner of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah), which opened for the entertainment of the western trappers in 1822. As fast as the horses could race West, the first casinos followed, ready to help a man lose what he had found in gold - or gain what he had lost.\n\nOf course, Las Vegas is synonymous with Casino, and was the first state to legalize casino-style gambling in 1931 after the temperance league had sent all such sinful vices underground. The El Rancho Vegas Hotel-Casino became, in1941, the first casino in Las Vegas.\n\nGambling in America and the First Casino\n\nThe First Casino aside, gambling in America is older than the government, and just as wide-spread. Americans gamble on everything - tossing a coin to see who receives the kick in the football game, rolling a die to see who will inherit (still legal in some states), using a lottery to determine who will be drafted. Long before the First Casino was built, and during eras when casinos were outlawed, gambling continued to be part of the National Pastime and the National Economy of the United States of America.\nThe First Casino in Ancient History\n\nLong before the building of the first casino, Witch Doctors, Egyptian Pharaohs, Biblical Prophets, and American Indians used chance - and the roll of dice or bones or stones - to determine the fates of their people. The claim to the First Casino is shared by both the Nile Delta and in the Ancient Far East, where gaming houses existed even before the written word. Betting on arena sports, animal races, and other popular pastimes were common in China, India, Persia, Mongolia. In fact, every Empire - from the Sea People to theRomans to the USSR - has had gambling as an integral part of their culture.\n\nLater, in the western world, the casini became the first casino houses. In the early 1700's, casini (meaning "little house" in Italian) were the rave of the Mediterranean Coast - a place for rich Venice merchants to meet and trade. These were the first gaming - first gambling casino - houses in Europe.
202305
I am .8 percent Native American. I just missed the amount you need to be to get all education free. My grandpa got college completely free though! I think the tribe was not well known so I can't tell you w/o lying.
306225
Indian Casinos have agreements with their state governments to operate. These are negotiated, and in CA are called Compacts.  \n\nWhile the terminology may not include the term "Tax" the following excerpt from the referenced article demonstrates that fees in lieu of taxes are paid. \n\n"The state expects to collect up to $7 million a year from the two casinos under a graduated scale that starts at 10 percent of the net win from slot machines. Neither tribe is expected to approach a $200 million annual net win at which the state's cut would top out at 25 percent. The same fee schedule has been included in other recent Schwarzenegger compacts."\n\nNo, Indian Gaming isn't getting a free ride, and it is raising the living standard in areas that were previously supported by tax collections.
985216
Probably what these folks are referring to are government reparations, in the form of laws that have made Native Americans sovereign governments unto themselves - tribal governments that may operate businesses in international trade zones, etc. - such as casinos, even if they don't agree with state laws. I can't imagine anyone seeing this as "making it up to them" anymore than we can say I am of European heritage, so I did it to them {Actually, I am Cherokee, Spanish-Jew, European Catholic go figure}. We cannot, however, throw out the baby with the bath water, so to speak. In an attempt to 'repair' the damage done to the culture, standard of living, and gene pool as a whole, this decision was made. It is a constantly changing and growing, evolving thing....as the consequences of that decision evolve, we see results and all have to live with it and adjust. Here in Oklahoma, for instance, state highways and roads are paid for with public tax dollars to reach these 'international trade zones.' what about that? On the other hand, the tribes ALL provide an amazing amount of charity and other structural social good support to society at large here. Again, we have to deal with it as we go along -- just like the many tribes as ethnicities have had to struggle with many questions. Here, there are fights in the tribes I have heard about between the "pure" bloods, or 1/2 versus 1/8 blood, etc. It seems to never end. What I personally believe is important is recognizing and acknowledging what occurred, in its truthful entirety. A good step toward this is the first ever National Museum for Native Americans- see the site below. I personally have read much about the Trail of Tears and the book "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" still rips at my guts as I write this. These are tough issues with roots deep in the past. To compare this with 9-11 is, in my opinion, a fallacious argument at best; a disservice to a near genocidal event at worst. We cannot make such general, thoughtless statements off the cuff; after all, we are all Americans if we live in the 50 states, whether hyphenated with another lineage or not.
551698
If you are talking about giving the Native Americans each a sum of money as reparations, even if it is feasible, it is a bad idea.  The money will be spent and the reparations will do nothing in the long run.  Reparations should be given in the form of better schools and better job training for the Native Americans living on the reservations, so that they can get good jobs, compete in today's society, and help themselves.  The schools they have now are awful.  \n\nI especially like cheddar and Monterrey jack.  I am not too fond of Swiss.  I think feta is odd because it doesn't not taste or look like cheese.
202935
NO!!  What is this thing that people think we get hand outs!!  \n\nI'll tell you what I get for being Native - 4 dollars a year!! Because of the treaty my ancestors signed in 1850.  That amount did not change with time.
449225
The major casinos want the best of the best.  I would sugest you get experiance in a smaller operation and prove yourself make contacts and then try for the big time.  It takes an effort and time but well worth it in the end.  Good luck.\n\nIn Liberty,\nEric H. Smith\nwww.erichsmith.com
59553
yes, we have to pay taxes just like everyone else. If we have a job we have to pay taxes, own a house, pay property taxes.  Except on the reservation which is native american owned, it is exempt from taxes as long as it is recognized as Indian property by the US Government.
307251
In the USA, Native American people!