[Phantom Lord]

My point being, if indians own a section of land as their reservation, it is a seperate country and not under the jurisdiction of the Federal or state governments. If an indian murders another indian on the reservation, they are not tried for murder in American courts.

Indian tribes should not need any permission for foreign governments to open a casino.

[RuthannaK]

Dear Phantom,
with all due respect, we are discussing RESERVATION SHOPPING, the act of suing for thousands of acres of land that is currently owned by others or taking it in some kind of land grab and THEN declaring it reservation and putting a casino on it. I can't tell them they can't put casinos on land they allready own. The land they purposed to take in East Central Illinois was part of prime farm ground and the University of Illinois and a two very large cities. Some of the farmers had those farms in their families for several generations. I don't see those lands as being "reservation land " do you ?