Cottonwood:
Many U.S. indigenous tribes, especially here in Arizona, made compacts with the State governments, to have gambling casinos on their reservations to earn money to build badly needed infrastructure (such as hospitals or medical clinics, and fire stations) and set up scholarships to help some of their children go to college.
To try to buy peace with the State governments and their non-indigenous neighbors, the tribes give part of their casino profits to the State governments, although by the original
treaties, they should be able to do whatever they want on their own land.
Here in Arizona, the casinos are popular and the tribes are making some decent money and beginning to pull out of their devastating poverty. Now, the non-indigenous dog- and horse-track owners want to put in slots at their racetracks, which in essence would drive the Native American casinos out of business.
Meanwhile, some in State government are greedy and want even more of the Native tribes' casino monies. That accounts for two propositions on the ballot - Propositions 200 and 201 (one of these has six Colorado River tribes on it, to try to appeal to other Native Americans).
Many U.S. indigenous tribes, especially here in Arizona, made compacts with the State governments, to have gambling casinos on their reservations to earn money to build badly needed infrastructure (such as hospitals or medical clinics, and fire stations) and set up scholarships to help some of their children go to college.
To try to buy peace with the State governments and their non-indigenous neighbors, the tribes give part of their casino profits to the State governments, although by the original
treaties, they should be able to do whatever they want on their own land.
Here in Arizona, the casinos are popular and the tribes are making some decent money and beginning to pull out of their devastating poverty. Now, the non-indigenous dog- and horse-track owners want to put in slots at their racetracks, which in essence would drive the Native American casinos out of business.
Meanwhile, some in State government are greedy and want even more of the Native tribes' casino monies. That accounts for two propositions on the ballot - Propositions 200 and 201 (one of these has six Colorado River tribes on it, to try to appeal to other Native Americans).