Mike B - I am not sure I have an answer for all of your questions but I will take a shot...

1. Most Tribes with Casinos are putting their profits back into economic development and Tribal services. This means they hire construction companies to build stores, office complexes, housing, etc. And it means they hire people to expand services (medical and dental, for example) to Tribal members. There are one or two or three Tribes (western WA) that pay a dividend to their members but most are using profits for providing more services.

2. The wages earned by Tribal members as employees at Casinos are taxed the same as non-Tribal employees. It is the treaty fishing income that is not taxed. If Tribal members own property off reservation then they pay property taxes the same as anyone else.

3. I do not know what percentage of the Casino employees are Tribal and what percentage are non-Tribal. I suppose it varies quite a bit from site to site. From what I have seen and understood, at least half of the employees at Tribal Casinos are non-Indian. And depending on the Casino the range might be 300 to 800 total employees. Again, this is an uneducated guess but in the ballpark.

I hope that helps.