Negatory on that. The Oklahoma oil boom made a lot of Indians heap big wampum. I've never heard a derogatory comment about that money. The general attitude was always that it was a deserved repayment for relocation. The same with Prudhoe Bay oil money. I never heard of any resentment for that good fortune.
Of course you didn't hear of any resentment. For years, AK had a "reverse" income tax -- you didn't pay, they paid you from the oil revenues; all you had to be was tax filer! My Lilly white, AK resident, squadron commander in Tucson took great joy in finding his $5k tax "refund" check in the mail from the Prudhoe Bay loot. Just the same as any Indian/Eskimo filer got!
Here in AZ, the various casino owning tribes give some $200mil a year to the state solely through their own largesse. The rest of the profits go to their own and other tribes for the betterment of housing, health care, education, etc. on the rez's. And that ain't enough -- the state still wants more!
In years past, AZ has had several initiiatives on the ballot to allow casino gambling statewide. The rationale for such has invariably been "Look how much the Indians are making..." The initiatives have been routinely rejected with the popular opinion being that "'They' have been so abused for so long, 'they' deserve what they can make."
And while the state pushes to reject such initiatives, it wants the tribes to "contribute" even more to the state coffers. Sounds kinda' like extortion doesn't it? To my knowledge, this state gives not a nickel to any tribe but they sure are anxious to get their hands on some of that Indian casino money. Sort of a "gotta keep them folks poor and out of sight down on the rez" attitude.
One would do well to remember that the American Indian is probably the only race against whom whose own national government (in which they had no voice declared "extermination" as a policy.
Before one jumps on that last statement, remember "Jew" is a religious affiliation NOT a race. Any forensic anthropologist can tell you that -- your bones can tell if you were an Indian or a Caucasian but not whether or not you were a Jew.
The American Indians are likely the most abused race in history. Jesse Jackson et al. are demanding "reparations" for the evils of slavery. If such "payments" are justified, let it be but let's go on a "first abused, first paid" basis. Pay the Indians for lands stolen, relocation, rightful revenues stolen...
And before those of you who want to jump in claiming that you, your mother, aunt, great aunt or great grand whatever is/was a "Cherokee Princess" just stow it. The Cherokee Nation has never had a king, queen, prince or princess!
sorry for the mini-rant here but you sorta' got me started...