The big media's new definition of "Indians on the warpath".... CASINOS

Thunderwolf, MSN, RN · Mar 9, 2006

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