Posted on 06/19/2024 7:57:30 PM PDT by thecodont
There’s gotta be at least one good casino in that deal.
Throw in a smoke shop (cheap smokes!) and sovereignty to conduct some ancient peyote rituals.
As long as Native Americans get to own it, I'm good with that. I'm against states like Maryland getting into the casino business.
This is rather unclear. Is this state land they are giving away or private?
Indians have become a phony as a $3 bill. They don’t seem to like to work. But they have gambling in their blood...and unfortunately, we promote it.
> The land was originally taken from the Shasta people more than 100 years ago after the Copco dam was constructed… <
I get that the United States was not always fair. But it’s a good bet that the Shasta people had previously taken the land from some weaker tribe. Somebody should look into that.
Blah blah blah… sacred sites… blah blah blah
I don’t drink much soda now, but I used to.
Now, I stick to either Canada Dry or Squirt. Easier to digest
Shasta was one of my favorites because of their flavors.
That and Fanta. Back when Pop was pop. Not over-sugared and over-caffinated.
If salmon areas are critical for their spiritual well being, they’re in serious trouble. I say this as the wife of an American Indian.
Agree....
How about they buy it.
Anyone ever do a DNA analysis?
We have the disadvantage of being the last winners. We seem to be the only country who gives back land we conquered.
The Shasta Tribe. They make great diet soda.
I guess they need the votes?
I looked at the ingredients in Shasta and I decided I won’t drink it...way too much unneeded stuff. Started 1928....acquired by Sara Lee in the 60’s...then National Beverage Corp in 1985.
> Indians have become a phony as a $3 bill. They don’t seem to like to work. But they have gambling in their blood...and unfortunately, we promote it.
Some Indians (eg the Pit River tribe) in the Northern California were cheated out of their tribal lands via the courts as recently as the mid 1970s.
Some Indian tribes (eg the Ohlone) have not been formal recognized as federal entities. This allegedly prevents the tribes and any tribe members from having legal standing which is needed to restore historic (not prehistoric) wrongs inflicted since California territorial incorporation and statehood.
I do not know particulars involving the Indian casinos, but I suspect that they might not have been given much choice in whether or not to accept such deals given the politics of the times.
Without tribal lands, the Indians in practice are faced with a choice of being trespassers on their own historic lands, entering the gambling industry, or losing their collective cultural identity altogether.
Not "last winners", only the "most recent winners". Rest assured, someday, some other group will take it away from us.
> We seem to be the only country who gives back land we conquered.
Yeah, that puzzles me too. What's the point of taking something if you're just going to put it back? Seems like a lot work....
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