Talk:Native American gambling enterprises
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Why didn't we just assist the tribes with housing and education, as opposed to allowing them and others to turn our communities into gambling dens that breed crime, financial ruin, and child neglect? This was a no-brainer, but we are unfortunately governed by politicians such as California Senator Barbara Boxer, who voted to allow the building of such a casino on open space in Sonoma County, simply because her son had a financial interest in it.
Why is reservation shopping considered Political POV? It is currently being investigated by Congress with pending legislation to stop the practice.
The pending legislation would amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to prevent non-indigenous tribes from locating casinos outside of their established lands. Further, it would bar newly recognized tribes from taking new lands into trust for the purpose of establishing gaming operations. If you are going to discuss other problems with Indian Gaming it is fair and appropriate to discuss reservation shopping as a national problem.
- "devoted to exposing the economic myths of Indian Gaming"; and political rhetoric in links is not the business of the encyclopedia. The topic of "reservation shopping" certainly could be addressed, but please leave you POV at the door. 2005 07:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Just say Indian
Bill Merchant, noted Indian broadcaster used to say, "Just say Indian. It reminds us that Columbus was wrong about a lot of things, and that there's no going back."
And just say Indian casino. "Native American Gaming Enterprises" is PC Gone Wild. Do a search for Indian & casino, and you'll get many results from gambling tribes that refer to their operations as Indian casinos.
Las Vegas moneymen are fueling Indian casinos, which are increasingly moving into towns and cities.
- While I get the gist of this argument, Wikipedia basically can't (and shouldn't) do anything but the "politically correct" terminology, because that's closest to NPOV. There's no need to keep reminding ourselves that Columbus got the "Indian" label wrong. The word is still used plenty throughout the article whenever it references US law, which still says "Indian" more often than not. And just because a phrase gets more google hits doesn't mean it's encyclopedic — often the opposite, really. (I imagine there are more hits for the slang shortening "porn" than "pornography", for example). But yeah, that's certainly a good point about the Vegas funding, let's see where that enters with some backed-up research... —Lenoxus 22:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
- PS: Just out of curiosity... exactly what amount of PC is acceptable before it has "Gone Wild"?
