Originally Posted by Stoney

The rez outside the Indian casinos in AZ is just the same as it was 25 years ago, except lots of new Pickumup trucks and Big Screen TV's but social problems and lack of real jobs is rampant.

In NC the cherokee sold out to Harrahs and went from low level drugs/booze/social probmes to full blown Meth labs, Wife/Kid abuse, etc in less than a year.

When I worked in cherokee you had ro drive 50 miles to buy beer and 75 miles for Hard booze and they still had a problem with alcoholism, how in the hell did they expect to control it when the casino sits right in the middle of the rez?

In AZ you can drive thru the Rez and smell the meth labs while swerving to avoid the burned out cars and skinny dogs that populate the place.

Even the Mohawk rez is looking sad and they have a better than average employment opportunity in construction. The Seneca in Western NY has no casino but does a decent job of managing their holdings and taking care of their people.