"The Whatcha macallit Tribe is located in a desolate portion of Americas heart land that is best known for tornados and fantasy land called Oz.
One day some of the elders had a vision of a money making enterprise that would bring the people of the whatcha macallit Tribe out of the clutches of poverty and despair,a vision that one day all the members would recieve health care equivilent to that which is given to the rich,that one day all members would live in nice affordable housing,that one day the leader ship would become caring and thoughtful and put the people and the needs of the people first.
The Elders thought and pondered for days at a time about what could we do,,One nite they were playing a card game playing for nickels and dimes,,,, then one of the elders jumped up and told the rest of the elders about a place he once visited called Las Vegas and how many rich people came and gambled and left much money for the residents of this place called Las Vegas.
The rest of the Elders asked him why he had not told them of this before , to which he replied," I did not want to get in trouble".So they questioned him as to why he thought he would get in trouble.
He explained that all over this place called Las Vegas there were signs that said "what happens in Las Vegas ,Stays in Las Vegas" and he did not want to get in trouble for bringing that home with him, but since his people needed some thing to improve thier lives he would throw caution to the winds and tell the way in which they made money and help bring that to the reservation and if he got in trouble for not leaving the idea in las Vegas he would be willing to accept his punishment but he would do it to help his people.
Theyounger people of the tribe went to las vegas and spent many days learning of this thing called casino and went to the B.I.A and made them help put one of those things called casino on the reservation.
In just a short time the thing called casino began to make money for the Whatcha macallit tribe and things started to improve, it wasn't long before outhouses became a thing of the past and the members had in door plumbing.
They started to see things more clearly now because thier eyeballs were not jumping up and down from riding on bumpy and dusty roads....
They got so much money that they were able to pay whitemen in fancy suits to come out to the reservation and tell us how to get better. Some of the younger ones got into being leaders because they went to school and learned from the white man about we Indians were. They became leaders in the new era of In god We trust and Idolistic worship of that american Icon. "the doolar bill"
Soon the elders realized that maybe some of the stuff they brought back from this place called Las Vegas should have stayed in the place called Las Vegas.
The younger people educated in the white man style soon forgot the elders that got the thing called casino and began to hire thier relatives and give the best houses to thier cuz.
But they did build a House for the Elders and called it the Elder center.They fed the Elders one meal a day except on whiteman holidays and not on weekends.
They built nice houses for the Elders and did background checks on the elders to see if they had lived like good whitemen and charged them high rents. they felt that if you make the Elders pay high rent they will learn to take care of the house.
The thing called casino made lots of money and money draws "Carpet Baggers" like flies to meezee. And they started to arrive..Many said you poor Whatcha Macallits, you don't know whats good for you...
Lies started flying like snowflakes in a febuary snow storm and sure nuff,them carpet baggers got themselves put into council positions and payed them selves to much money and payed thier relatives allmost as much.
..they lived all thier life as a tribe of thier grandmothers or some where maybe thier auntie was a Indian Princess or some thing..Untill we got this thing called casino, these carpet baggers could not even spell Whatcha Macallit and many of them thought our Ancestorial home land was west chicago.
But any way the carpet baggers have a A.K.C {cdib} that says they are really whatcha macallit and they come to lead us, When they first meet with the Elders. one of the Elders asked them questions about the Whatcha macallit customs and traditions,,,,The carpet baggers say I don't know but I hope you will teach me', but I do have card that says I am Whatcha macallit and I have a degree from a white man school that makes me smarter than you and I can tell you whats best for you,,,, The carpet bagger says I will chat with you old people once a month, but it will be just a chat. carpet baggers do not believe in Elders Council they say that went out with John wayne movies. we are modern Indians now.
any way the whatcha macallit tribe is fortunate to get a brother and sister or maybe brother and brother combo who come home to help us spend our money.......The whatcha macallit have learned that if you own some thing some one else can sell it back to you. for ten or twenty time what it is worth..... That is carpet bagger economic development....
We even learned how to hire a white man that the other whitemen don't want . We call him attorney.. the Indian word for this man that is not wanted by his own people is Shyster.
Many of the Elders have told the carpet bagger they dont like to be treated like this and this shyster man said he will sue us and take what little we have, he wants ten thousand dollars. maybe the Carpet baggers are not paying them selves enough
Now the whatcha macallits are fighting the other Indians and trying to stop them from making money. and they are calling us names. like tortois {shekah} and they say we are sour grapes
Pretty soon they will be calling us "big dumb Indian"
some one in history once said..."why you call me big dumb Indian, up there we are all alike"
maybe the elders should say" why you call me a tortois and sour grape ,up there we are all alike"
How do we go about applying for coverage under the 'Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968"
and can we please get subscription to coverage of First Amendment to United Staes Constitution.
This new style of Indian is mean and self serving they are without reservations on how they treat one another to get ahead.
Wake Up !!!!Wake up!!!!!
this is only a ficticious story any resemblence to any situation or person living or dead is merely a coincidence............
aren't you glad this is not reality???????????????"
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