EDITORIAL
Latest rip on Native
Americans gets slap
Unwilling to negotiate. Arizona officials got what
they had coming to them from local Native Americans.
The Yavapai Indians of the Fort McDowell reser
vation blockaded 25 to 50 FBI agents and U.S. mar
shals inside u casino for eight hours last Tuesday in
protest of statewide raids on reservation gambling.
Bingo is allowed on reservations via the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988; the act also permits ca
sino-style gambling in states where similar gambling is
allowed on the reservation. Permission for gambling
depends on tribes and states, granted by a negotiated
contract.
Electronic games, including video gambling ma
chines. were put in the negotiutory category last week
by new federal rules now taking effect. Refusing to ne
gotiate. officials asked the federal government to inter
vene.
And intervene they did. Agents seized about 750
video machines at four other Arizona reservation casi
nos without resistance.
They met their match,
however, at Ft. McDowell,
where Indians used every
thing from pickups to
earth movers to resist the
intrusion.
The confrontation
ended when uli parties
agreed to u 10 day cool-off
period. Seized machines
were left locked in trailers
in the casino's parking lot.
For one thing, it’s
The tangle of
federal rules and
limits continues
to grow, crushing
increasing
numbers of
people who live
in this country,
both Indian and
non-Indian.
sickening to sod one more
set of rules slapped on Native American people — on
their reservations. Originally, these parcels of land,
ever whittled down by American legislation, were set
aside for Indians to live on according to their rules.
These shrinking micro dots on the U.S. map don't
even constitute a shadow of what was originally nego
tiated between the Indian people and the new kids on
the block. Now. through constantly increasing regula
tions. what is left continues to be assimilated into the
larger infiltrative structure.
The tangle of federal rules and limits continues to
grow, crushing increasing numbers of people who live
in this country, both Indian and non-Indian. The mere
fact that Arizona officials refused to negotiate shows
and tells too much. It. along with the government at
large, cares too little about the very people it's sup
posed to serve and honor.
Valuable jobs will be lost via the paring down of
the casinos — a fate reservations, not to mention the
rest of the country, can ill afford But even more is lost
with the government's repetitive failure to consult with
these people: trust and hope.
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COMMENTARY
Clinton best choice for president
By Jennifer Oetter and Eli2
aoetn Cage
Bill Clinton represents it
chance for real change, a
chance to replace a presi
dent blind to the problems of
America with a president who
has a vision, who can see a fu
ture of racial and mm lal equali
ty. ol freedom for all people
and of a rev itali/ed is onomv
Clinton know* reversing the
tide of the Keagun/Bush era
wii! take more than just criti
cism, it takes a plan of action,
ami he has that plan It's time
for voters to take a stand, to
ole< 1 a president who is pro-ac
tive. one who will act to solve
problems Indore they reach epi
demic proportions not a re
active one who only responds
when forced.
The real test of character for
a person is the ability to stand
up lime and time again against
unfounded accusations with
dignity and pride. Clinton has
boon the focus of many of these
character assassinations, and
has responded with thoughtful
ness and honesty in each in
s t «t nee.
We don't need to defend
Clinton, anyone who has read
anything on the so-called char
acter issues knows these stories
were u cheap attempt by Re
publicans fearful of the swell of
support Clinton has received.
Clinton's record in Arkansas
is exemplary His most dramat
ic success has been in the area
of education Arkansas schools
were once described as the
worst in Ihe country. Now. they
spend nearly HO percent of the
slate's general fund on educa
tion and achieved the highest
graduation rate in the region.
On the environment. Arkan
sas is ranked fifth in the nation
in per capita spending for envi
ronmental programs, according
to City and Stain magazine, in
January 1988 the Arkansas gov
ernment created what were
considered the most innovative
and progressive clean water
standards in the entire nation.
and ilit? results wore dramatic:
HI percent of the state's waters
are swimmahlc, and ‘17 percent
are fishablo.
The Economic Outlook Cen
ter of Arizona State University
ranked Arkansas seventh in the
n.ition in |ob growth in 1991. In
addition, Clinton has handed in
11 balanced budgets in a row.
Clinton stands for freedom of
all tile people He pledges to
support ami sign the Freedom
of Choii e Act to make tiie tight
to choose a national mandate
not subject to the whim of the
Supreme Court something
George Hush is definitely not
fighting for.
Clinton has a plan, an idea, a
vision to help students gain ac
cess to federal financial aid for
a ail lege education. He has a
plan to help all people receive
dependable health (.are. not just
a fortunate few with the ability
to pay skyrocketing health in
surance bills
Clinton has a plan for real ac
tion on the AIDS epidemic. He
has a strategy to reform the gov
ernment to eliminate some of
the bureaucracy. Clinton has a
clear record of improving race
relations in Arkansas, and has
an agenda to do the same na
tionwide It is the same one
he's proposed all along, not
some half-thought out reactive
plan he was forced into enact
ing because of public pressure
resulting from violence in Los
Angeles during an election
year
Clinton has a plan to increase!
tax fairness for all people, not a
flat lax that sounds good in the
ory but actually forces the
poorest 20 percent of taxpayers
to pay 26.2 percent of all taxes.
All of these agendas have
been debated, refined and per
Look at the issues
this election, not
the headlines or
the 30-second
sound bites that
won the election
for Bush in 1986.
foctod by Clinton and his staff.
They are not just whims; they
are well-thought out policies he
intends to enact upon entering
the Oval Office.
Specifically, his plan for all
students to have access to a col
lege education would give fed
eral loans to any student inter
ested in going to college that
could be paid hack either as a
small percent of income or as
national service in the form of u
police officer, a nurse, or a
teacher.
Since Clinton announced his
bid for the presidency of the
United States this past summer,
he has run a campaign based
on focusing on the issues, not
bludgeoning tho competition.
Clinton knows that if people
are willing to go past the me
dia's presentation of a candi
date and actually look at the is
sues, they will find a solid re
cord of public service, a sound
platform, and a man who Is
anything but untrustworthy —
a man of conscience and hones
ty.
Look at the issues this elec
tion, not the headlines or the
30-second sound bites that won
the election for Dush in 10HH
Jennifer (letter and Elizabeth
Cage are co-organizers of Stu
dents for Clinton.
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