Native Casino Revenues Soared Last Year!
Indian gaming pulled in $18.5 billion in 2004 nearly double the take for Nevada’s gambling industry according to an Associated Press news release.
There are now 411 Indian casinos in the U.S. operated by 223 tribes in 28 states. More then half of the 341 federally recognized Indian tribes in the country operate casinos.
Because tribes are sovereign nations, they don’t have
to pay state or local taxes and are exempt from most zoning and other laws, a special status that can cause conflict with neighbors. Tribal casinos have encountered opposition from some local communities that don’t want the traffic or strain on resources.
To head off opposition, tribal leaders have grown more aggressive about asserting benefits. National Indian Gaming
Officials said that tribal gaming has created 553,000 jobs, mostly for non-Indians and that it generated $5.5 billion in federal taxes in 2004.
Tribal leaders say gambling has allowed them to lift their reservations out of poverty.
“We had to overcome insurmountable odds to turn our economy around,” said, Dee Pigsley, chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz which has a casino in Oregon. “No other development could return the kind of profits that a casino could offer.”
“We are creating economic activity that benefits our communities and surrounding communities,’ said Mark Van Norman, executive director of the National Gaming Association.
Tribal officials maintain the biggest growth areas are in California and New York. California’s Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has sought to tap tribal casinos revenue to close the state’s budget deficit. While on the other side of the country, Gov. George Pataki wants to bring five Indian casinos to the Catskills as part of a deal to settle tribal land claims.
Nevada officials have expressed concerns that tribal casinos could eat into their profits, but Nevada casinos are also generating record returns.
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There are now 411 Indian casinos in the U.S. operated by 223 tribes in 28 states. More then half of the 341 federally recognized Indian tribes in the country operate casinos.
Because tribes are sovereign nations, they don’t have
to pay state or local taxes and are exempt from most zoning and other laws, a special status that can cause conflict with neighbors. Tribal casinos have encountered opposition from some local communities that don’t want the traffic or strain on resources.
To head off opposition, tribal leaders have grown more aggressive about asserting benefits. National Indian Gaming
Officials said that tribal gaming has created 553,000 jobs, mostly for non-Indians and that it generated $5.5 billion in federal taxes in 2004.
Tribal leaders say gambling has allowed them to lift their reservations out of poverty.
“We had to overcome insurmountable odds to turn our economy around,” said, Dee Pigsley, chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz which has a casino in Oregon. “No other development could return the kind of profits that a casino could offer.”
“We are creating economic activity that benefits our communities and surrounding communities,’ said Mark Van Norman, executive director of the National Gaming Association.
Tribal officials maintain the biggest growth areas are in California and New York. California’s Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has sought to tap tribal casinos revenue to close the state’s budget deficit. While on the other side of the country, Gov. George Pataki wants to bring five Indian casinos to the Catskills as part of a deal to settle tribal land claims.
Nevada officials have expressed concerns that tribal casinos could eat into their profits, but Nevada casinos are also generating record returns.
NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY - NUMBER 2
Dear Friend,
Not One Damn Dime Day came. Not One Damn Dime Day went. With your participation - and that of millions of other Americans - it was a huge success.
Millions of Americans enthusiastically joined in the effort. Studies from the survey posted at NotOneDamnDime.com indicate the original email reached more than 40 million inboxes, and that radio, television, newspaper and magazine coverage generated an additional 30 million exposures for Not One Damn Dime Day.
While it's impossible to measure the effect of the boycott itself, Not One Damn Dime Day helped Washington and the corporate media begin to understand that a grassroots movement full of every day people can send a powerful message to our elected leaders.
Thanks to your efforts, red and blue, young and old, liberal and conservative, independents and partisans joined together for a day of political action. We tapped deep into the nation-wide discontent with the Bush Administration's policies. We showed our political muscle in the face of government's efforts to suppress our voices and the corporate media's deliberate under-reporting of the scope and scale of dissent to our government's policies in Iraq.
Let's do it again.
On April 15th, please join us in an effort to stop the growing national debt that threatens our country's future and security on national and international levels.
NATIVE UNITY - A place for Native American Peoples to solidify their tribes to make a positive impact on the cultural, social, economic and political fabric of American society and a place for non-Natives to better understand the ways of the American Indian.
For news and information on Native American and First Nations actors, go to Annie's site at www.NativeCelebs.com and follow the threads.
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