[at-l] BIA grants recognition to Schaghticoke tribe.

[GoVolsKelly at aol.com (GoVolsKelly@aol.com)]

The cover story of Time Magazine on December 9, 2002 says just exactly that.  


They report that 44% of Indian casino revenue comes from tribes in Florida, 
Calififornia and Connecticut, which make up about 3% of the Indian population.  
Time also reported that investors are the ones making a killing.  

GoVols

In a message dated 1/30/2004 5:05:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
ellen@clinic.net writes:


> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe it's even necessary 
> that
> the Casino be on tribal lands. These deals are mostly put together by big 
> casino
> operators in Las Vegas. A few Indians get money, but the big profits go to 
> the
> builders and operators.
> 
> This sounds to me like another political deal that has nothing significant 
> to
> do with native Americans, but a great deal to do with political influence in
> Washington.
>