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Comment from Christine Rose on the non profit ICGPA players union effort to close the BIA: “…It sounds to me like the same ole dominant culture wanting to change the rules to benefit themselves while telling the tribes they are looking out for their best interests. In essence, as so many white supremacists do, they are calling anyone who they believe has other rights then they do to be racist. In fact, these people aren’t happy until they have total control.”

Dear Christine and Rob,

Christine, you use the term “dominant culture” as if you are not a member of it. All United States citizens are members of the dominant culture. With the single exception of the residents of the Bureau of Indian Affairs reservation system. Unfortunately, those citizens find their culture is being administered to by government bureaucrats. The same government agency that has been plundering the Tribes, and their lands, incessantly for 186 years.

The BIA has stifled, and interfered with, the ability of tribal communities to evolve and develop alongside other communities within our political subdivisions. Without question, this has been done intentionally and by design. Change the rules? No Christine, you and Rob want to ignore the existing rules, along with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Read more

To supporters and minions of the BIA, and their cronies from the private gambling industry: Please stop attempting to frighten the Tribal governments, by implying they will loose their casinos, by invoking a claim to their property rights.

Hogwash! Exercising their property rights does not void the compact with the State. While it is true that the BIA is illicit, and the gambling industry is considered persona non grata throughout the civilized world, it is reasonable to fear that certain provisions of their coerced gaming compacts will be voided by the courts.

However, should any tribal community choose to retain their right to provide adult gaming centers and casinos, they will have our full support. We will battle against any effort to take back the gaming and entertainment centers or, any other small gains, they have garnered while being victimized by the BIA. Especially, since the government has been defrauding their communities for centuries.

There is no reason to presume that they will loose the casinos, since they were agreed to by contracts with the States and, they are not related to the issue of civil rights. The same goes for entitlements. Frankly, the Four Billion Dollars in damages that the Tribes hold against the taxpayers could become only a small portion of what is due to them for 186 years of victimization at the hands of the BIA.

The following was originally posted on February 20th, but mysteriously disappeared from the site with all the comments. We of course back up our post. I recorded the critical comments of Christine and Rob who oppose our effort to close the Bureau of Indian Affairs. My responses to both also vanished in the strange occurrence. A joint response to Rob and Christine will be posted soon.

We all recognize the following missive is merely the authors opinion. However, if anyone feels it is unfounded, unfair, or inaccurate in some way, please do us the favor of expressing your perspective in the comments. On the other hand, If you concur with our goals and objectives we urge you to join the struggle. Help, suggestions, and/or donations to:

ICGPA Legal Fund at P.O. Box 1754 Tombstone, AZ. Thank you.

To:   American Civil Liberties Union

Fm: International Card & Game Players Association

Tombstone, AZ 85638

Re:  Class Action Lawsuit to Protect the Constitution and Private Property Rights of All

United States Citizens; Including Native American Indian Communities.

How can the courts, along with the entire legal profession, remain so obtuse for so long, regarding the blatantly criminal nature of the Bureau of Indian Affairs? Will the legal profession ever develop the moral fortitude necessary, to challenge the legality of this government sponsored, immoral racial purification program? We sincerely hope so.

The judicial system, along with the entire legal profession, are apparently gripped by the same crippling inertia, that allowed slavery and, the immoral and unlawful segregation of blacks, to fester among us for centuries. Unfortunately, the evil policy continues on unabated into the Twenty First Century; with the guidance and protection of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs.

No government bureaucracy has (or likely ever will) come close to matching the gross mismanagement, incompetency, and outright criminality of this antebellum racist institution. The BIA reservation system unequivocally violates the Constitution, as well as the International Crime of Apartheid. No amount of legalese, proffered from the most facile tongue in the field of jurisprudence, can gloss over this reality:

There is not now, and there never has been, lawful authority under the Constitution providing any branch of government with; the power or lawful authority, to establish, or maintain, a racial purification program, such as the one administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Racism, under any guise, is still racism. Read more

The following Email was sent to Glendale City Councilman Phil Lieberman. Glendale is in jeopardy of losing a sizable amount of tax revenues, when and if, the Department of Interior approves the request to build a reservation casino within current City limits. The State of Arizona will also loose a  good deal of tax revenue as well.

Dear Councilman Lieberman,

Sometime back, I had the pleasure of enjoying a lunch with you, and my long time friend Joel Thompson. I am retired Justice of the Peace Harold Lee. A co-founder of the International Card & Game Players Association of Tombstone (ICGPA). I am also in the process of forming an integrated organization called Tribe of Human Beings Unlimited. Our venture will have a primary goal of freeing tribal communities from U.S. Government control over their property and affairs.

As you might recall, our union has been attempting to wrest control of the sport of poker from the gambling industry for several years. While the State authorities appear to have accepted the players right to organize the sport of poker under Arizona law; the gambling industry forces have continued to ignore that decision. That highly scorned industry has found a safe refuge within the BIA reservation system.

Our organization has suffered much abuse from an industry that is universally deemed to be amoral and, whose conduct is considered felonious in forty-nine of fifty states. In fact, most civilized societies on the planet have statutorily banished the privately owned and operated industry, from their mainstream markets.

In spite of this fact, and without having to acknowledge authority of voters or their political subdivisions, the industry has managed to invade Arizona’s mainstream markets. All thanks to the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. Read more

FUNDING RACIAL SEGREGATION  IN AMERICA

We sold our soul to the gambling industry for 8% of net

Glendale and the State of Arizona are fighting to retain control of land owned by the taxpayers. The real issue is not whether to allow the gambling industry access to the mainstream marketplace, which the voters have always denied to them. Heck, they acquired access to our markets nearly two decades ago. No, the real issue is REVENUE, as in none for the taxpayers.

All the casino revenues in Arizona go for maintaining that particular BIA controlled racial enclave. The tens of millions in  income sucked up by the Glendale casino will not only adversely affect small businesses in the area; it will cost every single taxpayer in the State.

We must at some point, begin to recognize the fact; the taxpayers receive squat from the BIA racist compounds. While we tongue in cheek refer to them as sovereign nations, there is no lawful or reasonable way, that we can accept a sovereign nation, composed of United States citizens, and our fellow electorates. The cost to society goes far beyond violating a few principles and scruples. It comes down to dollars and cents.

When the Department of Interior approves this nonsense; we will not only lose control of an industry that is banned by law, we will have no control over the conduct of their privately funded police. But, the more important issue remains revenue! The largess of the tainted fruits paid to taxpayers will be a paltry 8% of net profits. That is only if the Tribe deems there are any net profits available. Read more