First Americans Museum

[Shake2005]

Look, an individual attending a pow-wow is one thing. But most Native Americans are still poor, often very poor. And for tribes to divert funds that could help tribal members to a project not even directly related to their people is just something that is not going to happen very often. You can think that the tribes are all rich awash in cash from the casinos, but that's not really how it works. Some small Tribes do get rich on casinos, but those aren't Oklahoma tribes. If the Cherokees make a $100 million profit on their casinos in a year it's still only $400 per tribal member. Do you really think that they are then going turn around and give $10 million or something to a musuem 150 miles from Tahlequah? Tribes are correctly focused on helping members of the tribe. It's just how it is.

The center will get some marketing money from the Chickasaws and Choctaws because they have nearby casinos, but that's it.

[Steve]

Look, an individual attending a pow-wow is one thing. But most Native Americans are still poor, often very poor. And for tribes to divert funds that could help tribal members to a project not even directly related to their people is just something that is not going to happen very often. You can think that the tribes are all rich awash in cash from the casinos, but that's not really how it works. Some small Tribes do get rich on casinos, but those aren't Oklahoma tribes. If the Cherokees make a $100 million profit on their casinos in a year it's still only $400 per tribal member. Do you really think that they are then going turn around and give $10 million or something to a musuem 150 miles from Tahlequah? Tribes are correctly focused on helping members of the tribe. It's just how it is.

The center will get some marketing money from the Chickasaws and Choctaws because they have nearby casinos, but that's it.

That's a lot of stereotypes for one post. I'll leave it to a Native American to take issue with all the different things you've typed onto the Internet. Oklahoma City is surrounded by several different Indian nations, has a Native American population of its own, and is at the junction of three major cross-country highways. And it's my understanding the tribes would like to see their culture shared with everybody, not just among themselves.
Now, quiz time folks: what do tourism, horse ranches, chocolate, banking, radio, health care and historic preservation all have in common?

[metro]

That's a lot of stereotypes for one post. I'll leave it to a Native American to take issue with all the different things you've typed onto the Internet. Oklahoma City is surrounded by several different Indian nations, has a Native American population of its own, and is at the junction of three major cross-country highways. And it's my understanding the tribes would like to see their culture shared with everybody, not just among themselves.
Now, quiz time folks: what do tourism, horse ranches, chocolate, banking, radio, health care and historic preservation all have in common?

they are all businesses the tribes are involved with, the chickasaws in particular.

[Spartan]

That's a lot of stereotypes for one post. I'll leave it to a Native American to take issue with all the different things you've typed onto the Internet. Oklahoma City is surrounded by several different Indian nations, has a Native American population of its own, and is at the junction of three major cross-country highways. And it's my understanding the tribes would like to see their culture shared with everybody, not just among themselves.
Now, quiz time folks: what do tourism, horse ranches, chocolate, banking, radio, health care and historic preservation all have in common?

Indian enterprises?

[BDP]

It's like someone wanting authentic mexican food and going to taco bell.

So the exhibits in this museum won't be authentic? How so?

Are they not authentic at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, either?