[Mark17]

Originally Posted by packs

This is just a hunch but maybe the Sioux and Chippewa ceased fighting each other because we killed both of them and took their land, then relegated them each to reserves that we didn't want.

Not sure why you use the word "we." I didn't kill anyone, did you?

Actually, European settlers didn't have battles with the Chippewa - they got along quite well in fact. The Chippewa saw white people as a valuable ally against the Sioux. Europeans were very frequently helped by the Chippewa, and they reciprocated by showing them how to parch their rice so it wouldn't go bad during the long winter (starvation had been an annual challenge.) And, they did quite a bit of trading, so it was a mutually beneficial relationship on the whole.

Even today when driving through the Nett Lake reservation, it's amazing, but every native American you pass on the road pauses what they're doing to wave greeting.

So yeah, I know it's politically correct to think Indians were saints and White people were purely evil, and you can continue to think that way if you choose.

Minnesota reservations involve some very good land by the way, and the exclusive deal Indian tribes have to run casinos brings them quite a bit of revenue.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012...illion-a-year/

Thanks to the massive profits generated by their luxury casino and resort operation, the 480 members of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Tribe in Minnesota live a comfortable life of luxury and ease.

“The payouts are the windfall from lucrative casinos and resorts that the tribe runs on its reservation in Scott County — about 45 minutes southwest of Minneapolis-St Paul,” the Daily Mail reports.
Members of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Tribe make $84K a Month

Each member of the tribe receives about $84,000 per month ($1.08 million per year), according to recent court documents. Based on these figures, that would make this the wealthiest tribe in U.S. history.

“We have 99.2 percent unemployment,” Stanley R. Crooks told the New York Times in a rare interview. “It’s entirely voluntary.”

And although tribe members keep relatively modest homes, it is reported that most of them own luxury cars, take up expensive hobbies (such as big game hunting or horse breeding), and send their children to private schools.

“Tribal members usually have multiple homes and have been known to take vacation for months at a time,” the Daily reports.

I was just trying to make the point that sports have value in providing peaceful competition, which I think is pretty obvious, but some people here are more interested in ridicule, so never mind.