text: Although I totally believe in Native Sovereignty and that they should have the right to use their lands in what ever venture will help their people, I still hesitate, as I've commented before, to allow the federal government to become trustee  over Native interests. If gambling casinos bring needed income to the people, then it's a good thing, provided the corruption can be kept out of it. That's pretty much a pipe dream in any culture, though! At least there are a lot of Native Nations with enough sense to build those casinos rather than be the prudes that govern Alaska. We need to increase our income to help close the budget gap but we've not seen the slightest hint of doing that from our legislators.
  
  All of the above aside, the federal government has held tribal lands and other assets in trust for decades. Many billions of dollars have just been lost, evaporated and no one seems to know where it all went. Trusting the government is not a wise thing to do in this case, in my opinion