Yeah Right wrote:
Sure that's what Oklahoma Indians say-
Please don't come to the Riverwind Casino-
http://riverwind.com/Please don't come to the River Spirit Casino-
http://www.riverspirittulsa.com/Pages/Home.aspxPlease don't come to the Hard Rock Casino-
http://www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com/Pages/default.aspxPlease don't come to the Osage Casino-
http://www.osagecasinos.com/Please don't come to the 50 other Indian casinos in Oklahoma.
It's a funny way of asking people to act like you don't exist.
You seem to be missing the entire point.
It is the white mans choice to walk into a casino. We as Indians do not force them, although we do not reject their money either. Everyones money is good here, and the same facet exists within any type of business, red or white operated. Our soverenty (sp?) gives us the right to operate a business, just like the white man has the right to operate a business. However, when you visit a casino, you are on OUR land, and thats your choice.
Our desire to be left alone doesn't have near as much to do with evading your tax system as you think. Sure, we do not believe we should have to pay to drive on a road that the white man built, because whites believe they own the earth. Indians believe we belong to the Earth. It cant be owned. We are all citizens of it, and Indians especially, should have to throw gold coins into your white economy.
Most of our desire to be left alone is geared towards the complex legal system that whites created. It is just too complex and too complicated and UNNECESSARY for Indians to even be subject to. Most of the white laws have absolutely nothing to do with us, and are only meant to imply to civilized people that live in a suberb and pay taxes and support their local police, which is another reason why Indians have TRIBAL POLICE. NOT WHITE POLICE THAT SUBJECT US TO YOUR HOLY COMPLICATED WHITE LAW.
I will end my lecture by reiterating that Indians, just like everyone else, will not refuse money if its given to them (us). However, we are only seeking money because your white government has made it so complicated and expensive just to survive.
To all who dont know, dont show, or just dont care......
If you are from one of the "big 5" civilized tribes, (cherokee, choctaw, creek, seminole, chickasaw) you are absolutely no different than white people. The demographics of 5 civilized tribes members are mostly in the quadruple digits, meaning their c.d.i.b. says they are 1/10,000 or less cherokee. I met someone recently who flashed their card at me and it said 1/15,300 cherokee. Yet these people get all the same benefits that full bloods get. However, all of the other 495 federally recognized tribes in the u.s. that are not 1 of the big 5 civilized, you usually have to be more than 1/2 or they dont even let you in. You get nothing. Same goes for the thousands of tribes in the u.s. that are state recognized and not federally recognized. Most of the 5 civilized tribes give an annual (sp?) per cap payments to all members, and that average payment is 70,000 dollars per tribal member and its usually given in december or june. However, most of the UNCIVILIZED tribes dont get any per-cap at all.
Being from an UNCIVILIZED tribe is a completely different ballgame. Legally. Emotionally. Physically. Mentally. Spiritually. Passionately. Abusively. The list goes on and on.