The new Indian wars

摘要

Apart from a few pots and baskets sitting, largely unnoticed, in a corner, there is little distinctively Indian about the Sycuan Casino. The punters are the usual mix of retirees and the statistically inept. The casino has three floors with some 2,300 jangling slot machines, a few card tables and a 1,250-seat bingo hall. That is not quite enough to meet demand, which is why the Sycuan tribe wants to expand. Whether it is allowed to do so will depend on how California's voters feel about the enormous casinos that have sprouted in their midst. It will also be a test of their views of Indians.