On 2019-07-28 5:19 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 11:01:43 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-07-28 4:46 p.m., dsi1 wrote: a
>>> Mostly, the locals have learned to love the culture and people
>>> of Hawaii. The native Hawaiians also love the people and culture
>>> but also feel a great kinship with the land and the ways of the
>>> past. I know, it's confusing.
>>
>> It is certainly confusing with our native people. They talk a lot
>> about their love of the land and their respect for mother nature,
>> but their actions tell another story.
>
> I don't blame them, for the most part the land they got is kind of
> shitty - suitable only for growing casinos.
>

The land they got is generally the land they inhabited before. Most of
the reserves in southern Ontario are on good agricultural land. The
native bands in the north are the same lands their people lived on, and
it is mostly rock, muskeg and moose pasture, just like it always was.
Casinos are a way for them to make a lot of money without having to
really work. Unfortunately, they started allowing casinos in the rest of
the country. Their idea for running a casino to earn money for their
band is to have the government pay for the construction of the casino,
to pay for consultants to teach them how to run it, to hire and train
the staff, and then the band gets all the proceeds.