I'm totally with you.
The reason I don't get involved with it other than on the tax/regulation/business/etc end and stay out of the fact that it involves Indians is because I have no experience .......however I have plenty of experience with the special interests greasing pols pockets when it comes to some getting things (like casinos) while others are forbidden. In the case in Delware it was the horse racing industry and the 3 existing tracks in the state.
It is the exact same situation....which is why I don't look at this particular issue as a white man vs. the Indian. It's taxation and regulation manipulation that benefits one group while hurting the little guy who is just trying to make a living.
Individual states have been using some very "creative" latitude when "interpreting" law. I don't believe reservations have helped Indians. And some of this casino junk is seeming more and more like mafia action. No accountability, closed books. I have had business owners calling my office an begging for help because of the smoking ban. They are losing businesses that they have owned for 20 years... thanks to our "helpful" government sending their customers to the rez. It breaks my heart.