Despite the existence of The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) (cool,
wording eh?) permitting 'class III' gaming only by native tribes on
reservations or trust lands, you must still apply for a license for such
gaming in the usual way. If for any reason the State or Federal
authorities thinks it's unwise to grant it, you won't get one. In other
words, whilst it's possible for some *exclusivity* to occur on such
lands, there is no preferential treatment in the standards required
before such a license is granted.
Just so we know before we start shooting off our mouths in a damaging
way.
K
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From: /0 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 February 2007 06:26
To: Thomas D. Cox, Jr.; 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!
gosh tom, thats really terrible.
(really)
- Original Message -
From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?!
poor white people! theyre at such a disadvantage here.
tom
On 2/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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 circumstances.
Have a Nice Day,
Steve
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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
