Should Native Americans Casino's be Taxed?
By
Malika Stanley
I. Intro
A. General History
One of the upcoming California ballot initiatives poses the question of whether Indian casinos should be required to pay taxes. As we all know Indian casinos have operated tax-free thus far. I have come to the conclusion that Native American casinos should not have to pay taxes. Those who argue the opposing view do so out of feeling cheated or treated unfairly. Those who feel this way should feel even more feelings of cheat or better yet betrayal by our own government not to Native Americans. We should feel cheated by the childish principle that this country has and is founded on and is operating on in this issue, " Finders keepers, losers weepers". Even if this principle is true or fair in some perspectives, Native Americans have wept enough and the "trail of tears" is evident.
Early Indian Languages of the USA
Johnson v. M'Intosh opined that aboriginal title c...
Same-sex marriage under United States tribal juris...1. Most Common Injustices
a. Classifications
The problems of Native Americans can be seen in a larger context as the problem of all conquered indigenous peoples. Of the 115 nation-states on this planet, only about 70 of them were founded and are being maintained by the original inhabitants of that land. The rest, 45 nations or so, were built by outsiders who exterminated or tried to exterminate the indigenous, or original, population. The U.S. falls into this latter category. Indigenous people are referred to as " as opposed to being Third World, which contains some outsider-built nations. About 50 nationalities belong to a group called the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), which includes occupied nations, indigenous peoples, and oppressed minorities. Some indigenous peoples, like Native American Indians, also refer to themselves as "First World/First Peoples".
b. Economic effects of Classifications
The main problem with not having nation-state...
Pathos
THis essay has some good pathos(emotional) appeal, but little ethos(reliability or credabitiy) or logos(logic and factual evidence). Furthermore, I am not at all swayed. What was done to Native Americans was wrong, there can be no doubt about that, but I am not convinced that these huge casinos should not be taxed.
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