[Thunderwolf]

Taken in its entirety by request of website: http://www.nativecircle.com/ppmediacasinos.html


I watched a news show recently which did a segment on
the possible opening of a new Indian casino. I could not
believe what I heard. It quickly became apparent to me
that the media in this country today is a direct descendant
of the American media of the 1800's when it addresses a
topic relating to American Indians. The big media moguls
are most definetly the 'mouth' of the U.S. propaganda
machine. In the 1800's, the papers were filled with images
and stories of 'bloodthirsty savages' and 'red Indian devils'
terrorizing innocent, pure-hearted white folks. This is not
something I am fabricating, I have researched these old
papers, read their jaded articles and seen their shocking
'cartoons' of hideous looking so-called 'red devils'. It is no
wonder the common citizens of the time were absolutely
terrified of Indian people! Well, in todays times, when
Indians make the news, it is often because of a casino.
As this national newscast aired its piece on an Indian
casino somewhere in the east, it was hard not to notice
that it was the Indians who were the 'enemy' threatening
to take back their land and 'ruin the neighborhood' with a
casino. Oddly similar in spirit to many of the newspaper
articles I have read about 'Indians on the warpath' in old
1800's American papers. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if I get
money from a casino because I'm an Indian, I'd be a very
rich Indian! I am aware that there are a few casinos that
do send checks to the people who belong to their nation,
but they are definetly in the minority. Most Indians I know
do not get checks from an Indian casino. So the silly idea
about Indians getting money from a casino appears to
have been born of the media's curious tendency to focus
on the few that do. Just thought you'd like to know.......

Written by John Two-Hawks