Community: Reservation Life

Casinos are good because often they are the only source of revenue for a tribe

Silver Star casino funds schools on the reservation

Stickball season culminates in the Choctaw Annual Fair Tournament

Prevention programs encourage healthy living through traditional sports such as stickball

Indians who live in cities seek out other Indians and wonder what is going on back home

Tribal members who go to cities still return to the reservation for services

Indian gaming is not real economic development

Many Indian tribes lack the experience to invest their money well

The War on Poverty and the first time Indians were given an opportunity to manage money themselves

Native medical students worry about losing touch with their communities

Legal changes made in 1975 allowed tribes authority for how they administered local healthcare services.

Enables remote diagnostics in their rural community

My grandparents' home town of Elbow Woods was an all-American city before it was flooded

The U.S. Government has not fulfilled its treaty obligations

He was a leader who saw gaming revenue as a way to move our tribe into the 21st century