"Indian casinos have no obligation to share profits with the government"

In recent years, politicians have been expecting tribes to share profits from successful casinos. This article argues that the Native Americans owe the U.S. government nothing, if anything the government owes the Native Americans. "Citizens of the United States have an immeasurable debt to the Native Americans who suffered so that others could prosper." The author uses historical evidence to back this statement up. He talk about how the Native Americans have been stripped of their land and culture and are victims of a power hungry country. Ever since the colonists had come to America they had kept on taking and taking from the native Americans and they couldn't do a thing about it. And now, in the present, the government is saying Native Americans are not being fair because they are not sharing their profits. "It is highly ironic for Native peoples to be accused of not being 'fair' to a state historically responsible for destructive, even genocidal policies against them." I understand that what the U.S. government did in the past was very wrong, but I don't think that the Native Americans should get everything back that they lost. If every body were to go back where they started and live where and how they used to live in the distant past, then nobody would be where they are now. So I do not think it is fair for the United States government to give anything to the native American people, but I agree that the Native Americans should not give the government anything either. The past is something we all can and should learn from, but we should not keep old grudges or try and relive the past. What is done is done and all we can do now is work to a better future by working together, not against each other.

Newcomb, Steve. "Indian Casinos Have No Obligation to Share Profits with the Government." At Issue: Indian Gaming. Ed. Stuart A. Kallen. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 7 Feb. 2010 .