>>Some tribes have done very well with their lands and autonomy. Example, the Seminoles, others like the Chippewa havent.<<
The Chippewa have communities from Michigan to Saskatchewan, and I expect that some are doing better than the Red Lakers. I suppose it depends on proximity to a steady supply of gullible palefaces eager to pull the slot machine levers. <g>
Here's part of an old poem about the Chippewa (Objibwe)...
The Song of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
By the shore of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.
All the air was full of freshness,
All the earth was bright and joyous,
And before him, through the sunshine,
Westward toward the neighboring forest
Passed in golden swarms the Ahmo,
Passed the bees, the honey-makers,
Burning, singing In the sunshine.
Bright above him shone the heavens,
Level spread the lake before him;
From its bosom leaped the sturgeon,
Sparkling, flashing in the sunshine;
On its margin the great forest
Stood reflected in the water,
Every tree-top had its shadow,
Motionless beneath the water. |
