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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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ORIGINAL: sub4hire

No idea how much money is owed...but I do know Native Americans who do bank 10 grand a month for being born Native American.

I also know a couple of casino's where the land was "gifted" to them.  As well as a good chunk of building and getting things set up.

I'm going to have to research more into the Bureau of Indian Affairs and see what the deal is.

Some tribes have gotten very comfortable incomes from casinos but I've never heard of any where individual members were making 120k/year simply of the disbursement. I'd like to see a reference for that claim.

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In Pechanga, those who were removed from tribal rolls are ineligible for monthly payments reported to be about $20,000. Source: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/07/19/news/sandiego/z78b94cf736d0586d882574880075ea73.txt

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Tribal membership has been a heated issue at San Pasqual for years. But last month, about 50 members of the 300-member tribe were told they were suspended because an anthropological study had determined an ancestor was adopted; as a result, they weren't really Indians. The tribe is denying them tribal benefits, which include monthly casino-profit payments of nearly $4,000 each and, for some, housing and jobs. Source: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080717-9999-1m17pasqual.html 

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

How the tribe's split up their money or determine tribal membership would seem to be their business.More power to them if they can make a buck off of the "greed " inherent in gamblers,as reparations for losing a way of life and a continent to European settler's this would seem agreeable ..is it not!