"James Fenimore Cooper's historical novel The Last of the Mohicans concludes with Tamenund (1628-98), the tribal leader of an Indian clan in the Delaware Valley, lamenting the pain of old age and the near-extinction of his people.
"Why should Tamenund stay?" he asks. "The pale-faces are the masters of the earth, and the time of the red-man has not yet come again."
Well, there's big news up the beach in Atlantic City that would bring a big smile to the old chief's face.
In a development that's sure to move large piles of cash from the wallets of the pale-faces to the pockets of the red-men, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has applied for permits to build a huge Hard Rock casino on the boardwalk. It's a $275 million project, planned to be developed in stages, ending with 850 rooms.
Add a thousand Crazy Horse slot machines with pretty cocktail waitresses serving free fire water, and the pale-faces won't know what hit 'em."
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Ralph R. Reiland:
Reparations Via Crazy Horse Slots
(The New American 7/12)
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Opinion: Seminole Tribe lures in the 'pale-faces' with gambling
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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