Will the Iroquois survive easy money?

From: News From Indian Country | Date: January 15, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Doug George-Kannentiio
News From Indian Country
01-15-1994
Will the Iroquois survive easy money?.

All Iroquois communities are in a state of radical change as they are forced to accommodate the sudden influx of wealth brought about by the marketing of Native sovereignty.

Millions of dollars have been made by Native businessmen over the past decade by the selling of tobacco and gasoline to non-Indians. Most of this highly profitable activity has gone on unregulated by any government. The question facing Iroquois leaders is how long can this go on before regulations and taxes are imposed from ...

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