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To: kaktuskid
Who is a Navajo? anyone that wants to open a casino and can come up with the fee
3 posted on 04/22/2004 11:50:59 AM PDT by SF Republican (Life ain't fair and I'm glad)
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To: SF Republican
Actually, the Navajo Nation has a moral and cultural history of NOT wanting gambling venues on their lands. Of course, times they are a changing. Greed and the lure of Indian casino dough is tempting some of the younger Navajo people to abandon this taboo. Several past casino-related referendums have been almost too close to call.

Go here for an interesting article on why the Navajo have historically rejected gambling. (Warning: the article's last paragraph has a bit of the "blame-whitey" tone to it, but the legend of the Evil Gambler is intriguing.)

http://americanindian.ucr.edu/discussions/gaming/articles/ict-dine.html
6 posted on 04/22/2004 12:08:31 PM PDT by demnomo
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