The casinos near here are bringing in lots of money. Our local one over the line in OK hires ONLY people of Cherokee linage, so they say.
http://500nations.com/Oklahoma_Casinos_Tribes.asp
Many years ago back in the early 1960s I was at a junk store and found a book on Tibet, with photos of how the people dressed. Very shabby. The owner of the store said he had often seen people from the area come in his store dressed like that, in rags.
That was before Walmart began to bring money into the area as Waltons was still just a mom and pop dime store on the square.
You live near Siloam Springs? I visit family there twice a year. Beautiful country.