Bruce_T_Laney
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Yes, the Native American tribes has been good for the state because of casino revenue for taxation. Before that they were treated like blacks.The end of the article states this
Many Oklahoma public officials, including Republican Rep. Tom Cole and former Democratic Gov. Brad Henry, had urged the justices to rule in favor of the Native American tribes whose sovereignty they said has been good for the state.
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The nations and the state are committed to implementing a framework of shared jurisdiction that will preserve sovereign interests and rights to self-government while affirming jurisdictional understandings, procedures, laws, and regulations that support public safety, our economy, and private property rights," they said.
Blacks were treated better than the Native Americans until the Casinos...