Borrego says, “Indian chiefs on reservations don’t want to talk about this, because they fear reprisals from the government and losing the casinos that they’ve been given as compensation.”
That isn’t true at all. An American Indian can criticize the government, historical white settlers, present day whites, anything he wants to say, true or likely apocryphal, like the foot amputation story. There won’t be any reprisals, no loss of casinos, just guilt and apologies, or silence. The foot cutting story is proof Indians can say what they want.
Borrego is anti-Anglo but pro-Mexican. The pro-Mexican agenda is a bit of a twist, but there is an Aztlan movement. I wonder what the non-Aztec Indians of the US Southwest and Mexico think of the Aztecs today? Would they like to be under the rule of their descendants? Do the Navajo and Pueblo people prefer Mexican rule to US? Are they angry with their ancestors for allying with the Spanish? Do they feel like they are all one people now, compared to the Europeans? Are narco lords Aztecs?
Pin-da-lic-o-ye can keep stupid casinos. We make-um heap big wampum cooking meth-um and smuggling blow-um. Pay-um lobbyists so Great White Farter look-um other way-um.