Given that Indian was coined for North American indigenous people by Columbus era nonsense, the change has been a while in coming. Sometimes the interest of PC language police garbage aligns with an objective truth. This appears to me to be one of those things. As for the bingo/casino bit... I think that indigenous people's casino projects are more of an American thing. You're sort of on the money about the Bingo thing, though; the only thing I really knew about Saint Mary's before this was they have a popular bingo hall.
I'm going off the Native Americans in the U.S. They got hit for cheap tabacco products and then pushed for more sovereignty rights and started making profits through the gaming industry.
I've seen reservations that went from extreme poverty (even with all the cash the U.S. Government was pumping in) to building their own communities up with gaming money.
I wonder if they also re-negotiated their leasing deals with the U.S. Government???
[–] WhiteRonin ago
Probably forgot to ask if they were planning a bingo / casino parlor ;-)
When did Indians start getting called aborigines?
[–] Prisoner072385 [S] ago
Given that Indian was coined for North American indigenous people by Columbus era nonsense, the change has been a while in coming. Sometimes the interest of PC language police garbage aligns with an objective truth. This appears to me to be one of those things. As for the bingo/casino bit... I think that indigenous people's casino projects are more of an American thing. You're sort of on the money about the Bingo thing, though; the only thing I really knew about Saint Mary's before this was they have a popular bingo hall.
[–] WhiteRonin ago
I'm going off the Native Americans in the U.S. They got hit for cheap tabacco products and then pushed for more sovereignty rights and started making profits through the gaming industry.
I've seen reservations that went from extreme poverty (even with all the cash the U.S. Government was pumping in) to building their own communities up with gaming money.
I wonder if they also re-negotiated their leasing deals with the U.S. Government???