Tuesday, July 03, 2007

The Micossukee Freedom Festival

The Micossukee Tribe of Indians, the original Everglades dwellers of centuries ago, held a festival at their gaming and casino hotel on Tuesday. Their land stretches to within a few miles of where we live.
As with many of the other native tribes, the casino industry has opened opportunities for native Americans to generate ridiculous amounts of revenue. As a result the Micossukee has become a very rich little tribe. Their chief, Billy Cyris, brought two seats at our Gala earlier the year for $5000, and then forgot to attend.

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