> Plus I
> am quite sure they do not pay the same taxes as everyone else.
very wrong - Seminole individuals pay all the same taxes as you and I do
the Seminole tribe itself does not
there's a difference
(the rest of my reply I've taken off-list)
MEK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/05/2007 02:28:15 PM:
> Actually the UK group they bought it from maintains some of the
> properties, and some of the rights. The deal was a steal, and alot
> of people were upset about it because it wasn't the highest offer.
> Also you can't compare poor having nothing Indians with anyone else
> in north American, because although they are on reservations, they
> have rights that supercede Americans. Any reservation can prop up a
> wooden shed and shove some slot machines inside of there, such as
> the case of Soaring Eagle Casino, on the Isabella Reservation of Mt
> Plesant, Michigan. I can't put slot machines in my garage and let
> the neighbors come over and play, the local police would put the
> smack down on me in a heartbeat. ALSO, they don't have to respect
> our Labor Laws, and they don't. You get injured on the job, they
> shoo you right out the door, and get the next poor soul in. Plus I
> am quite sure they do not pay the same taxes as everyone else. On
> top of it, they are protected by State Police, and an entire federal
> gov't. Now you can say they would rather be their own country, but
> don't say they rose up from nothing like everyone else. Because no
> other group in the world has those kind of circum! stances.
> Have a Nice Day,
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: 313@hyperreal.org
> Sent: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 8:00 PM
> Subject: Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Tom - the Seminoles, as a whole, never signed a peace treaty. Also, they
> were not all removed from the Florida swamps. They were in poverty but
> from that they have sprung up to become probably the richest First
Nations
> people in the entire US. And they own the Hard Rock Cafe chain.
> Their current revenue is around $1 billion per year. It's thought that
> each tribe member earns about $7,000 per month just from tribal revenue
> (casinos provide most of it). Because they own the Hard Rock Cafes they
> also own everything inside which includes all of the valued memorabilia -
> mostly that of "white culture". Means they've become a museum of sorts
of
> "white culture" just as our museums "own" their artifacts. An
interesting
> turn of the tables.
>
> Yes, the US government was merciless with the Seminole but look into
where
> they are today and you'll see that they're doing better than most white
> middle class communities.
> That was my point. Since this is OT I'll end it there.
>
> MEK
>
> "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/05/2007
11:31:58
> AM:
>
> > On 2/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > You should read the entire article you posted:
> >
> > i did. the end of the second seminole war was like this:
> >
> > Colonel Worth recommended early in 1842 that the remaining Seminoles
> > be left in peace if they would stay in southern Florida. Worth
> > eventually received authorization to leave the remaining Seminoles on
> > an informal reservation in southwestern Florida, and to declare an end
> > to the war on a date of his choosing.
> >
> > also:
> >
> > Worth returned to Florida at the beginning of November 1842. He soon
> > decided that Tiger Tail and Otiarche had had taken too long to make up
> > their minds on what to do, and ordered that they be brought in. Tiger
> > Tail was so ill that he had to be carried on a litter, and he died in
> > New Orleans waiting for transportation to the Indian territory. The
> > other Indians in northern Florida were also captured and sent west. By
> > April 1843 only one regiment, the Eighth Infantry, was still in
> > Florida. In November 1843 Worth reported that the only Indians left in
> > Florida were 42 Seminole warriors, 33 Mikasukis, 10 Creeks and 10
> > Tallahassees, with women and children bringing the total to about 300.
> > Worth also stated that these Indians were all living on the
> > reservation and were no longer a threat to the white population of
> > Florida.[66]
> >
> > 42 seminole warriors all on the reservation? doesnt sound too fun to
me!
> >
> > tom
>
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