Not sure if G'Pa will agree with me on this, but the link he posted is the "propoganda" that is and has been used so successfully in the past to brainwash the majority of clueless people in this country who then assist the tribes with their aganda and demand the tribes get whatever they want.
Without construeing my statements as racist (been there, heard that), it is the best tactic ever used. I had a Jewish friend (a Rabbi actually) that said to me once that had it not been for the Holocaust, the Jewish nation would have never been a reality. Disallusion and guilt can change the public opinion faster than anything. Not saying that genocide did not occur, we all know it has. But to keep the past wrongs alive and to spew propaganda, such as the "Stewards of the land" BS is the driving factor behind todays general concensus in society that we owe the tribes everything and should expect nothing in return..... The tribes criticize the timebr industry for ruining the watershed yet they live in stick houses... Why not teepees? They criticize the dams for destroying river flow yet they continue to use electricity....why not fire in their teepees? They criticize the "white man" for destroying their way of life....yet they continue to ask and recieve assistance and do a pretty good job of mirroring the greed/selfishness "white man" is known for and embrace the "white mans" way of life...... why not get rid of the casinos and go back to gambling with wampum?
The tribes best spent money is on the people they hire for public relations, and believe me, they hire they best, who I'm sure do a lot of sociological study to come up with such effective ploys such as the link G'Pa has shown us here.....

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