Are our Indian casinos disrespecting the lands/traditions of our ancestors? Or are they reparations?

Question

I am personally a Mohawk/Ojibway indian and i have had some thoughts on the manner. Although this is mostly a case that arises in the States some indian reservations approve of these casino's and others dont. My ancestor's lived through the land and never argued over the value, in otherwords the Earth was our mother and we kept it sacred. I know the casino's are run and managed by the tribes, but very little money returns to the community.

Answer 1

What is the purpose of the tribe today? If it is to provide for the temporal welfare of the people, casinos are appropriate. If it is to maintain and perserve the culture and language, it is wrong.

Answer 2

I think that if that money were returned to the tribe and used to improve life and to fight alcoholism. (not trying to stereotype here but it is a fact)


then the casino's would be a good thing.

however when we say in America that something is run by the tribes. we are deluding ourselves. the tribes were forced to change to voting for a president Rather than having a chief.

A.I.M. is actually just a very large control group that is headed by people that may be of Native descent but are not of the Native people.

the government still owes the Navajo people something like 8 billion for the coal that a private company took from their reservation. that money has been tied up in government appropriations committee for the last 50 years. the Navajo nation said to just split it evenly among all of the tribal members..uncle Sam cannot have that, if every Navajo instantly became a millionaire...

they say that the tribes decide who becomes a member. but try to get a B.I.A. number without a DNA test. damn near impossible.

I am not of native Blood(not enough to count anyway). but i am of Native Spirituality.
I am a celtic Pagan but i greatly respect the ways of the American Indian I feel that tribal business should be left to the tribes. and the tribal elders. the Grandmothers and Grandfathers
and the Chief.

A HO

Answer 3

I'm (part) Cherokee and have visited the reservation in Cherokee, NC. I was surprised to see that the community itself didn't look like it was benefiting from the local casino, owned and run by Cherokee Indians. Not even half a mile from the casino was a run down trailer park, many of the homes in the area looked as if they were on the line of being condemned. It's sad to see a heritage that was once so proud, fall into the same trap that all the others have.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they aren't a proud people. But I don't see where they are actually helping the people on their reservation. Instead they have turned into the Business Men that so many have claimed they hated. I don't have a problem with the Casino itself, it's just I don't agree with using something like that with the front that they are trying to help their people, when I have not seen evidence of that.

Answer 4

I personally have great respect for Native Americans. Just their spiritual snd moral strength through history is amazing.
The truth is that casinos are making a lot of people rich, except the Indians themselves. A lot of the Casino money goes to white people and foreign countries like Singapore, where the largest investors live.
It was just a very clever idea to use the Indians as a pretext to bypass the law and create gambling casinos, something white people could not do in many areas.
Indian reservations still are plagued with poverty, alcoholism and disease, including tuberculosis.
Obviously, after using the Indians as a front, the investors are running away with the money, leaving them holding the bag.
They deserve more respect.

Answer 5

Some tribes reap a greater benefit than others from casinos. As you wisely point out, the tribal heritages/traditions also vary from tribe to tribe. No one answer fits such a diverse situation.
With that qualification, I would lean toward disrespecting the lands and traditions option. The paths of self-respect, peace, and quality of life found in my understanding of the Indians is totally lackinig in the glitzy come-ons of the casinos.

Answer 6

I am 55 years, and yet to visit a Casino.
I travelled a lot throughout the country.
I worked in Large and small companies.
I used to earn a lot as salary and perks.
I have a friendship base of morer than
1000 persons, even now.

I think. it is really an insignificant question
of yours that hjas been asked.

There may not be more that few hundred
casinos in the country, which are visited
by persons.

The country's population is more than 125
crores. If one calculates, the percentages
may be as low as .00000000002%., who live in
bug cities.

In fact more people do prostitutions and
spread AIDs. That should be the real
concern of all. Prostitution, being the oldest
Profession on the earth, should be banned.

Answer 7

Neither. Building a casino is no different than building a house or hospital, as far as the land is concerned. As for reparations, it is not. To think of it that way is buying into the victim mentality.

Indian casinos exist because Indians have asserted themselves and taken advantage of their status within the law. It's called self-determination. Reparations are handouts from a 'benevolent' authority.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I AM NOT A NATIVE AMERICAN, HOWEVER---TO ME IT IS LIKE A DOUBLE EDGE SWORD---WHEN WE TOOK THEIR LAND WE ALSO TOOK AWAY THEIR WAY OF LIFE---AND THE LITTLE BIT OF LAND WE ALLOWED THEM--THERE WAS REALLY NO WAY THAT THEY COULD HOLD ON TO THEIR TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIFE---SO........THEY HAD TO HAVE SOME WAY TO MAKE MONEY-------AND AS I SAID TO A DIFFERENT '?' SIMILAR SUBJECT--THE NATIVE AMERICANS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE-THAT DESERVE REPARATIONS ANYWAY!!!!

Answer 10

Spiritually, gambling is greed, it takes away from ourselves to give in to materialism.

It is in pursuit of all that is against Our Great Spirit.