I never understand how Indians are treated as special.
I understand about Indians reservations. I don’t understand how Indians can do things that are illegal for the rest of us.
How is it legal, or giving us all equal protection of the laws, that people of certain ancestry are allowed to have a gambling casino, when people of other ancestries are not allowed to run that sort of business???
As I said, while this is all legal, I don’t understand the legal justification under our laws.
The easiest way to confront this...without a lot of hassle...is to make all state roads leading into the reservation toll roads, with only Indians or hired employees getting free access. At that point, the casino/restaurant/hotel will complain about this, but you are offering them the free access...just not the hotel or casino visitors. At $2 coming and going...your local town makes a fair amount of money off the casino concept.
Reservation at an Indian restaurant
They are considered sovereign nations, although they do have to comply with Federal Regulations on Reservation lands. On some reservations, tribal laws restrict alcohol and firearms, although each tribe's laws can be different.
For years, under Federal Law the Oneida Nation was allowed to sell brand name cigarettes, along with their own manufactured tobacco products to non-Indians without having to collect taxes on them. Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature passed a law back in 2010 that would force them to pay tax on all brand name cigarettes. The Oneida Nation sued the State, and an agreement was eventually settled in 2013, whereby the Nation must collect tax on the sale of all tobacco products, name brand and their own products to non-Indians. They must tax at the rate of the county they are located in. Also, the Oneida will be required to adhere to minimum pricing standards and are required to use the tax revenue from cigarette sales on the same types of programs that the state and counties devote their tax revenues.