Opinion: Tribes giving up too much for gaming

Thursday, November 24, 2005  

"I have now become disheartened because Indian gaming is being attacked again. This time tribes are initiating the attacks because of their own reckless greed. In desperate attempts to get rich quick, tribes are waiving their sovereignty to sign development agreements with Las Vegas gaming companies, engage in ''reservation shopping'' and attempt to lure states into supporting them by offering the states ungodly sums of taxes under the guise of ''revenue sharing.''

These actions by tribes have disgusted our most loyal political supporters while simultaneously providing the firepower for opponents to potentially bring Indian gaming to a screeching halt. However, the consequences of reservation shopping and revenue sharing are far greater than creating potential attacks from the outside world. Once tribes foolishly buy into the false promise of getting rich and head down this primrose path, they bring despair to their own people."

Get the Story:
Ronald "Buzz" Gutierrez: Revenue sharing and reservation shopping create greed and misfortune (Indian Country Today 11/23)